"I never thought we'd see one alive." ...

A newly analyzed set of fossils suggests that an ancient octopus-like creature may have reached around 19 meters in length, ...

The enormous deep-sea cousins of your garden’s pill bugs can go five years without food. A gene they pilfered from bacteria ...

Hidden deep beneath the Indian Ocean, researchers have discovered what may be the world's oldest and largest whale graveyard, ...

A new study reveals how deep-sea isopods survive years without food using giant stomachs, slow metabolism and a gene that ...

Researchers found a huge whale graveyard dating back millions of years, with fossils, modern carcasses and deep-sea scavengers, some of which may be new to science.

Valve founder Gabe Newell is funding a €700 million research vessel designed to explore the ocean’s deepest regions and support cutting-edge marine science.

Rules on deep-sea mining in international waters must be driven by "sound science" and built on consensus, the head of the body charged with regulating the divisive practice said Thursday. Deep-sea ...

Scientists have identified a golf-ball-sized blue octopus from deep waters near the Galápagos as a new species. The discovery ...