Buried deep in stone and untouched for eons, we uncovered fossils over 300 million years old—a glimpse into a prehistoric world long before dinosaurs roamed. From ancient plants to strange sea ...

An "odd-looking" deep-sea fish recently washed ashore on an Oregon beach to the surprise of a local aquarium. The Seaside Aquarium in Seaside, Oregon, published pictures of the dead fish in an April ...

Deep-sea mining could unleash clouds of debris that threaten a mysterious, vital ecosystem we barely understand.

Rodents are found on every major continent. They remain one of the most diverse and prolific groups of animals on the planet. It can be hard to keep track of which animals are rodents; it can also be ...

On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order that aims to permit, for the first time, industrial mining of the ...

A recent video from the South Atlantic Ocean captured bizarre, pigtail-like parasites clinging to a deep-sea rattail fish at ...

Nearly 5,000 meters beneath the Atlantic, scientists have captured rare footage of a mysterious deep-sea creature.

The scan of the storied ship was carried out over three weeks in 2022 by Magellan, a deep-sea mapping company based in the Channel Islands. Titanic: The Digital Resurrection, a new National ...

Thanks to some clever engineering, and a little bit of luck, we are finding out that “deep-sea animals are really fragile, and really beautiful.” ...

Imagine a place where boiling water gushes from the earth, the air is filled with acid, and the smell of rotten eggs lingers constantly. Sounds unlivable, right? Microscopic life-forms exist ...

“We’re finally seeing confirmed footage of this animal that some of us have been studying and dreaming about for decades,” said deep-sea biologist Kat Bolstad, from Auckland University of ...