What's at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, and how do we know? How deep does the ocean go? We'll answer these questions and ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. The bottom of the ocean is cold, dark, and under extreme pressure. It is not a place suited to the physiology of us surface dwellers: At ...

Deep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same mutation across fish species that have evolved on separate timelines — ...

There's an ongoing battle to save a part of this planet from destructive mining that most people don't know about. Not only do they not know about the battle, they also don't even know much about the ...

The deep sea, the planet’s most expansive and least understood ecosystem, remains largely unexplored. Yet while the deep sea may seem a dark and distant space, events underwater directly impact our ...

Just looking at the deep blue of the sea brings relaxation and deceleration for many. It’s not just the vastness that impresses, but also the color of the water. But why is the sea actually blue?