A Chinese submersible has discovered thousands of worms and molluscs nearly 10 kilometres (six miles) below sea level in the Mariana Trench, the deepest colony of creatures ever observed, a study ...
In the deep sea near the Mariana Trench and Hawaii, a new Star Wars-like species was discovered. Polina Silivanova via Unsplash Not all new species discoveries are met with pomp and circumstance.
Researchers descended more than 35,700 feet (10,900 meters) below sea level to collect biological samples that revealed surprising diversity. And also trash. Reading time 3 minutes Earth’s hadal zone ...
Amazingly, these trenches lie at depths greater than the height of Mount Everest, Earth's tallest peak. The deepest one reaches 9,533 metres (31,276 feet) below the ocean surface in the ...
The Trump administration is expanding its deep-sea mining ambitions to the region around the Mariana Trench in the western ...