The Japan Trench, a vast tectonic chasm along the Pacific Ring of Fire, is known for its extreme depth—stretching 5 miles ...

Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest ...

As you get closer to the bottom of the ocean, it gets darker, denser and stranger. All light from the surface has been absorbed, and only the most adapted species can navigate the lack of oxygen in ...

A video went viral on social media showing a rare, shimmering oarfish surfacing in El Quemado, Baja California Sur, Mexico. The clip had sent the internet into a frenzy, as according to Japanese ...

The bottom of the Japan Trench has some of the harshest conditions for life on Earth. But despite this, it is crawling with deep-sea creatures that dig intricate burrows and deep, corkscrew-like ...

Around the deep-sea vents off the southern coast of Japan, a small, “glass”-like creature was discovered. Getty Images/iStockphoto Off the coast of Japan, thousands of feet below the surface, the ...

Researchers aboard a deep-sea submarine spotted a new species on a volcanic ledge off the coast of Japan. Chen C, Tsuda M, Ishitani Y (2025) Zoosystematics and Evolution About 300 miles off the coast ...

Scientists found a sea creature with “prickles” on its “eyeball skin” off the coast of Japan and discovered a new species, a study said. Getty Images/iStockphoto Thousands of feet down in the East ...

The vast array of organisms in the deep sea remains a mystery to humans. Now, marine biologists can add one more puzzle to the list. A collection of odd materials was discovered nearly four miles ...