The Challenger ... animals "bioluminesce," flashing like fireflies. They turn on headlights to see food or attract mates; anglerfish dangle wormlike glowing appendages to lure prey. Some deep-sea ...

Finding anything at the bottom of Challenger Deep, the deepest point on Earth, is extremely exciting for scientists.

A trap returned from 8,221 meters writhing with dozens of gigantic amphipods, prawnlike creatures with ... a course for the Challenger Deep, more than 200 miles out to sea. But when the ship ...

Their residence attracts shrimp, fish and many other creatures. These deep-sea oases are just some of many areas of the ocean floor that scientists are only beginning to explore, discovering new ...

The pair were responsible for giving the world its first glimpses of incredible deep sea creatures in a revolutionary ... In the 1870s, the British ship HMS Challenger found deep-sea organisms ...

Iceberg A-84 broke off from Antarctica and revealed a thriving community of sea creatures underneath ... below the surface of the ocean. "Normally, deep-sea ecosystems get their nutrients from ...