Imagine a place where boiling water gushes from the earth, the air is filled with acid, and the smell of rotten eggs lingers constantly. Sounds unlivable, right? Microscopic life-forms exist ...

Deep-sea "avalanches," or turbidity currents, are pushing large amounts of plastic from coastal zones to biodiversity hotspots more than 3,000 meters below the surface. Oceanographic Magazine reported ...

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A colossal squid has been caught on camera for the first time in the deep sea by an international team of researchers steering a remotely operated submersible. The sighting was announced last week by ...