If a modern American aircraft carrier traveled 30 knots per hour, it would take approximately 183 hours, or nearly eight days ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...

From the deep ocean floor to vast underground caverns beneath our feet, these places challenge our understanding of the world ...

The bumpy snailfish is one of three newly identified deep-sea snailfish species described by MBARI collaborators at SUNY ...

Scientists have identified the bumpy snailfish and two other new deep-sea species, discovered during MBARI dives in Monterey ...

Scientists have uncovered a shocking secret beneath Antarctica — 332 massive underwater canyons, five times more than previously known. Some plunge as deep as 13,000 feet, carved over millions of ...

In these extreme environments, the crushing pressure, scant food and lack of sunlight can make it hard to survive. Scientists know that tiny microbes prosper there, but less is known about evidence of ...