The Japan Trench, a vast tectonic chasm along the Pacific Ring of Fire, is known for its extreme depth—stretching 5 miles ...

The contents of three large metal cases have changed our understanding of life under the ocean. Inside were vials of sediment ...

A rare, deep-sea fish washed ashore in Carlsbad last week and has since been turned over to biologists at the Scripps ...

Traces of organisms detected in sediments from 7.5 kilometers below the ocean surface reveal how organisms living in the deep sea are engineering their own environments. Analyses of sediment cores ...

Organisms in the deep sea rely on gravity flows to lay down sediment and then make burrows beneath the seafloor, according to a new study.

New scans of the bottom of the Japan Trench reveal extensive burrow structures and evidence of regular "reset" events that ...

This Google Maps image captured in 2021 revealed a mysterious, triangular dark patch in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, ...

President Trump seems more likely to support deep-sea mineral extraction than President Biden did. But do we need those ocean ...

Radioactive spike found in Pacific seabed samples. It could be from space radiation or changes in ocean currents 10 million ...

The water line was darkened by ash. Burnt remnants of washing machines and dryers and metal appliances were strewn about the ...

No details have been released, but analysts and environmentalists fear it will pave the way for closer security ties and the ...

From Tucson to Phoenix, these seven spots are serving up seafood so good, you’ll forget you’re in the desert. Tucked away in ...