The "cold seep" ecosystem research facility will be located 2,000 meters (6,560 feet) beneath the surface of the highly ...

Scientists explore Lost City, in the Atlantic, where chemical reactions in hydrothermal vents could explain the origin of ...

China has approved the construction of a deep-sea research facility in the South China Sea to support marine exploration.

Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine environment—shaping and maintaining habitats that themselves sustain countless other forms ...

Monument Geyser Basin is one of the most unique areas of Yellowstone National Park. Its ancient undersea wasteland at 7,300 ...

The rare site was about two million years old beneath thousands of feet under the Atlantic Ocean and may contain secrets of ...

But some giant piling worms are found around deep-sea hydrothermal vents. “When these worms were first discovered, it was ...

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are known to be contaminants originating in industrial processes and materials, as well as ...

[New Paper] Meet Delectopecten thermus, a new species of Glass Scallop from a deep-sea hot vent in Okinawa Trough, Japan! We ...

New research has revealed that a hairy crustacean—dubbed "The Hoff crab" when it was discovered in 2010—is the first species in its family to show different claw characteristics between sexes.

Discovered by scientists in 2000, more than 700 meters (2,300 feet) beneath the surface, the Lost City Hydrothermal Field is ... and other dissolved gases out into the ocean. In the cracks and ...

There’s a concerning disconnect between young people’s recognition of the ocean’s vital role in climate change and the importance of measures required to protect it, a new global survey has ...