Researchers have discovered inorganic nanostructures surrounding deep-ocean hydrothermal vents that are strikingly similar to molecules that make life as we know it possible. These nanostructures are ...

Marine researchers exploring extreme depths say they have discovered an astonishing deep-sea ecosystem of chemosynthetic life that’s fueled by gases escaping from fractures in the ocean bed. The ...

It's the oldest, largest, and deepest graveyard of whale falls ever found—and it's been feeding life for millions of years.

Challenger Deep, the lowest point on Earth’s surface, sits in the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific near Guam, plunging ...

Challenger Deep sits at the bottom of the western Pacific’s Mariana Trench, roughly 10,935 meters below the ocean surface.

A new study has revealed how even the deepest seafloors are affected by the daily back-and-forth of the tides, and the change of the seasons, and that currents at the bottom of the ocean are far more ...

Gathering minerals such as nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium from the seabed could affect everything from sponges to whales. The long-term effects of these extractions remain uncertain Amber X.

There are billions of tons and billions of dollars' worth of critical minerals including nickel, copper, cobalt and manganese lying at the bottom of the seafloor. These metals are vital to electric ...