The Indian Ocean lies between Africa and Australia. Discover everything about the world’s third largest and warmest ocean, ...

An expedition records 29,556 animals in the abyssal trenches and reveals how they survive the pressure and total darkness.

Earth’s oceans hold some of the least explored places on the planet, shaped over millions of years by tectonic forces that continue to shift the seafloor. Here are seven you should know.

We see a boat on the water and a deep ocean trench below it. The deepest depths of the sea are found in the crescent-shaped Mariana Trench, located in the western Pacific Ocean. But what is the ...

This informative look at our planet's topography explores the science behind its highest peaks and deepest ocean trenches.

A new species has been discovered in the Atacama Trench, one of the deepest and least explored areas of the ocean. A previously unknown predator, Dulcibella camanchaca, was found at a staggering depth ...

Researchers have finally identified the source of mysterious noises coming from the deepest ocean trench. The odd sounds, described as "biotwang" noises, sound a bit like sci-fi starships, and are ...

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 ...

Although pollution controls have significantly reduced the mercury content of coal-fired plant emissions, the latest Global Mercury Assessment still estimates that there has been a 20 percent increase ...

The formation of a sixth ocean, and the tectonic shifts that lie ahead, are proof that Earth is a dynamic, ever-evolving ...