High pressure in the deep ocean may squeeze nutrients from sinking “marine snow,” feeding deep-sea microbes and altering how ...

In some parts of the deep ocean, it can look like it's snowing. This "marine snow" is the dust and detritus that organisms slough off as they die and decompose. Marine snow can fall several kilometers ...

Somewhere in the North Atlantic, more than a kilometer beneath its surface, a cold-water coral reef stretches across an ...

Picture a home so beautiful it looks like it’s made of glass—delicate, intricate, shimmering. Now imagine discovering that ...

Forest to coast. Coast to reef. Reef to ocean. Ocean back to land. It is the chain of life in motion, each link depending on ...

You may be hearing a lot lately about critical minerals and rare earth elements. These natural materials are essential to ...

Scientists have discovered a massive deep-sea coral reef system off the coast of Argentina that may be one of the largest on ...

In the deep ocean, where sunlight never reaches, and food drifts down like confetti, survival is less about speed and more ...

In the deepest parts of the ocean, some creatures grow far larger than their relatives near the surface. This strange phenomenon, known as deep-sea gigantism, has produced enormous squid, giant ...

With growing interest in mining critical metals from the seafloor, countries are now negotiating international rules. The Trump administration is forging ahead on its own, speeding up environmental ...

Scientists found worms living inside a glass sponge castle - and that's just one of 38 new species.

From microplastics in the deepest point of our ocean to hydrocarbon-eating bacteria, discover five fascinating studies into ...