This video dispels the sensationalized Hollywood myths surrounding the Mariana Trench, separating pop-culture "monsters" from ...

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 ...

The hadal zone takes its name from Hades, the Greek god of the underworld, and for good reason. Stretching from roughly 4.7 to 6.8 miles below the ocean surface, it is one of the most hostile ...

Deep-sea creatures in the trenches of Japan's volcanically active "Ring of Fire" belt are rapidly adapting to immense depths, scientists found. These observations were part of a crewed submersible ...

The project explores how life adapts to extreme environments—and hopes to inspire new drugs or even treatments to aid space travel. We’ve only scratched the surface of what thrives in the deepest ...