The Pacific Ocean is home to some of the deepest points on the planet. In fact, four of the top six deepest spots in the world can be found in the Pacific. The Pacific's basin is uniquely low, which ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The Atacama Trench, located off the coast of Peru and Chile, is one of the deepest oceanic regions on our planet, and scientists think it could be an ...

Taam Ja reveals a 274-meter abyss in Chetumal Bay, the second-deepest blue hole on the planet and a mystery hidden beneath calm waters.

Explorers know that the Earth’s oceans are vast, covering about 71% of the surface of the globe. According to a new study, just 0.001% of the deep seafloor has been visually observed. The deep ocean ...

An underwater voyage has revealed a network of creatures thriving at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches, researchers said in a newly published paper. The deep-sea trenches, also called Hadal ...

This study is led by Dr. Junwei Cao and Prof. Jiasong Fang et al. from the College of Oceanography and Ecological Science, Shanghai Ocean University. Microbial ectoenzymes play essential roles in the ...

NHMAIN copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Gift of Alan R. Kabat. Fewer people have been to the deepest part of the ocean than have been to the moon. Even now, the vast majority of ...

Thousands of meters below the ocean's surface lurk some gigantic creatures, much larger than their shallow-water brethren. Scientists have a few hunches for why this happens, but the debate continues.

Researchers have uncovered surprising evidence that the deep ocean’s carbon-fixing engine works very differently than long ...

The Atacama Trench, located off the coast of Peru and Chile, is one of the deepest oceanic regions on our planet, and scientists think it could be an ecological haven. A new study describes a four ...