The grisly discovery was made Sunday, March 2, as a team working with the Schmidt Ocean Institute explored waters 1,600 feet deep off the South Sandwich Islands. The islands are about 1,600 miles east ...

Scientists have discovered that whales move nutrients thousands of miles -- in their urine -- from as far as Alaska to Hawaii. These tons of nitrogen support the health of tropical ecosystems and fish ...

If they die, there’ll be fewer big fish—and that could rattle the ... was the diversity,” Whitney says. “We’ve got deep-sea fish, mid-ocean fish, and reef fish, all interacting at ...

The unusual eyes of this creature enables it to scour food in the dark underwater zone, by preying upon little jellies for ...

Dean Harrison and a group of anglers off the coast of New Zealand, it was a near death experience when a massive dolphin exploded out of the water and landed in their boat. And then when nobody was ...

It also plays a big part in regulating ... ice melting and ocean circulation. In this future projection, cold, fresh melt water from Antarctica migrates north, filling the deep ocean as it goes.

The planned drawdown of Detroit Lake could bring major complications for the drinking water systems in Salem and Stayton.

An exploratory expedition describes two deep-sea, low-oxygen ecosystems in the Red Sea, including some surprising fish. The ...

Hidden in the abyss of the Atacama Trench, Dulcibella camanchaca reveals itself as a unique predator adapted to the darkness.

The video has provoked an enormously empathetic response on social media, with some seeing the fish as a feminist icon or an Icarus-like figure who swam too close to the Sun. The reaction shows our ...