A giant underwater canyon system in the Atlantic appears to have formed through tectonic forces rather than erosion.

The Mariana Trench, the deepest point in the ocean, was once believed to be an untouched abyss far from the reach of human ...

A recent underwater expedition has revealed a thriving network of creatures at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches. These extreme environments, with crushing pressure, scant food, and no sunlight, ...

Scientists discovered human-made microplastics in the hindguts of amphipods from the Challenger Deep, the deepest point on Earth at nearly 11,000 meters depth. This was no accident. The discovery ...

Earth's oceanic trenches are still shrouded in mystery, and for good reason. Plunging as deep as 11 kilometers (6.8 miles) beneath the surface, their dark, frigid waters are under mind-boggling ...

It’s a nightmare scenario: megalodons, prehistoric sharks nearly as large as blue whales, survive in the deepest part of the ...

NEW YORK — An underwater voyage has revealed a network of creatures thriving at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches. In these extreme environments, the crushing pressure, scant food and lack of ...

Plastic trash is littering some of the deepest points beneath the Earth's seas, according to a paper released last month by Japanese researchers. As NBC News reported, the scientists cataloged 3,425 ...

Characterized by darkness and intense pressure, the ocean's hadal zone seems uninhabitable, yet dozens of unique organisms call it home. Each species discovered there adds a crucial piece to the ...

Bizarre noises detected around the deepest ocean trench on Earth have finally been identified. These strange "biotwang" sounds—first detected in 2014 during an acoustic survey of the Mariana ...

NEW YORK -- An underwater voyage has revealed a network of creatures thriving at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches. In these extreme environments, the crushing pressure, scant food and lack of ...

The newly discovered crustacean Dulcibella camanchaca is the first large, active predatory amphipod from the extreme depths of Atacama Trench. Credit: Johanna Weston, Woods Hole Oceanographic ...