New discovery of a fragile ecosystem beneath undersea volcano leaves researchers baffled. They fear it may be vulnerable to ...

In a video by the Ocean Exploration Trust, scientists return to a whale fall off the coast of British Columbia for the third ...

Sea cucumbers may appear slow and unassuming, but they have developed an incredible and unforgettable defensive strategy.

Seventy-five percent of the ocean floor lies in this zone. The Trenches This zone extends from 19,690 down to the deepest parts of the ocean, which extend down to about 35,797 feet.

According to Craig McClain — Assistant Director of Science for the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center and chief editor for Deep Sea News — up until the 1960s, the ocean floor was widely ...

Beneath the ocean floor, under hydrothermal vents spewing hot water, a community of animals thrive. That's according to a study published today in Nature Communications which reports, for the ...

Spy creatures reveal an ocean full of startling ways of thinking, including large-brained whales, smart octopi, diving monkeys, creative fish and other intelligent animals.

The chemicals are dangerous because they harm human and animal health, don’t break down in the environment, and tend to disperse. PCBs, for example, were first discovered in the late 1880s.

Researchers say the polymetallic nodules that mining companies hope to harvest from the deep-ocean seafloor may be a source of oxygen for the animals, plants and bacteria that live there.

Go on a mission deep beneath the waves in Spy in the Ocean, A Nature Miniseries, premiering Wednesdays, October 25 – November 15 at 8/7c on PBS (check local listings), YouTube and the PBS App.