BLAINE, Wash. — A team of U.S. Army deep sea divers spent nearly four weeks recovering derelict fishing nets from deepwater habitats on the bottom of the Puget Sound, partnering with the Washington ...

The new global transparency tool will empower governments, researchers and civil society to monitor vessels involved in deep-sea mineral exploration ...

Deep-sea scientists see some pretty weird things, but nothing comes close to the spooky, blank-headed fish recently hauled up from the abyss. Researchers say the faceless cusk-eel—a kind of bony ...

NICE, France—The deep sea—Earth’s largest and least-explored biome—is taking center stage at the United Nations Ocean conference this week, where marine experts are demanding world leaders end bottom ...

“It is very likely that we will discover new species on this cruise,” says Dr Jan Dierking. The marine biologist from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel is the chief scientist of the ...

Many of the fish lurking in the depths of the ocean resemble the alien villains of horror films, with gargantuan teeth, glow-in-the-dark bodies and bulging eyeballs. But why do these fish have such ...

Deep-sea anglerfish are some of the most bizarre animals of the ocean. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Anglerfish are one of the ...