Deep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same ...

A new study analyzes the evolutionary history of 11 deep-sea species from environments stretching from the central Indian ...

Deep-sea fish thrive in extreme pressure, darkness, and pollution, revealing new survival mechanisms and threats.

In a groundbreaking scientific expedition, researchers have identified over 7,000 new microbial species thriving in the ...

The eerie sounds were first heard coming from the Mariana Trench - which is where the deepest known point on Earth is located - ten years ago. Experts long suspected that an underwater creature ...

Meanwhile, other studies peered into the genetic makeup of fish and shrimp-like creatures in the hadal zone. In one, scientists collected samples using the Fendouzhe submersible and an autonomous ...

Led by the Mariana Trench Environment and Ecology Research ... the vessel enabled researchers to bring back a rich trove of fish, crustaceans, and sediment teeming with microbes.

Scientists at China's Beihang University developed a tiny morphable robot to explore the ocean's depths — and it's now taken ...

What's at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, and how do we know ... Coral reefs, benthic life, and a huge variety of ocean fish take advantage of these shallow waters, nutrient-rich and warmed ...

The Ring of Fire is home to the deepest ocean trench, called the Mariana Trench. Located east of Guam, the 7-mile-deep Mariana Trench formed when one tectonic place was pushed under another.

Scientists sampled fish living in the Pacific's Mariana Trench and trenches in the Indian Ocean. (Image credit: Han Xu et al. (2025) Evolution and genetic adaptation of fishes to the deep sea ...

Challenger Deep, in the Mariana Trench, is the deepest point in the ocean known so far, at approximately 11 kilometres - deeper than Mount Everest is tall. The Mariana Trench is 2,500 kilometres long, ...