Dive into the abyss and discover 25 terrifying deep sea creatures living in the most extreme ocean depths. From anglerfish to ...

We've mapped the surface of Mars in more detail than the bottom of our own oceans. Over 80% of the seafloor remains ...

Meet the “ghost fish,” a phantom of the abyss. Here’s how we found the first ever proof of its existence just a few years ago. The deep sea is a part of the world that very few humans get the chance ...

Scientists launch a global mission to explore 10,000 deep ocean locations and uncover unseen marine life and ecosystems ...

After years of deep-sea sleuthing, National Geographic Explorer Katy Croff Bell has created a treasure map. It’s not drawn on ...

This Deep-Sea discovery is so new it’s rewriting the map of life on Earth and it could reshape our understanding of the climate system. More than 9,000 meters below the Pacific Ocean, scientists have ...

A newly rebranded Canadian-listed company is moving to stake its claim in the emerging deep-sea mining sector, positioning ...

Is it downright adorable, or is it so ugly it's cute? Either way, this newly discovered pink fish has the makings to survive in one of the darkest, coldest places on earth, and its pink, bumpy face is ...

More than 10,000 feet deep in the ocean, the seafloor is covered with what look like dark, lumpy potatoes. These polymetallic nodules, as they're known, take millions of years to form, slowly ...

Drilling for minerals deep in the ocean could have immense consequences for the tiny animals at the core of the vast marine food web — and ultimately affect fisheries and the food we find on our ...

A veritable gold rush appears to be opening up, not in the dusty hills of California but in the deep seabeds of the Pacific Ocean — one that’s being driven by an insatiable global demand of critical ...