A research team has achieved a significant breakthrough in understanding the adaptive strategies of the deep-sea black coral ...

Scientists have long assumed the deep-sea Alicella gigantea was an uncommon survivor of the abyss.

A research team led by Prof. QIAN Peiyuan, Chair Professor of the Department of Ocean Science at The Hong Kong University of ...

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The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), in collaboration with the Southern Marine Science and Engineering ...

NEW YORK (AP) — An underwater voyage has revealed a network of creatures thriving at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches. In these extreme environments, the crushing pressure, scant food and lack of ...

Our observations of life in the deep contain a trove of important information about ocean health, but more importantly, help connect audiences with our deep-sea neighbors and inspire the next ...

Giant amphipod species Alicella gigantea, once thought to be very rare, is found to inhabit the majority of Earth's deep ...

For deep reef divers, descending into the ocean’s mesophotic layer can feel like exploring the moon. Discovering never-before-seen marine species is part of the mission.

China's three deep-sea manned submersibles have completed 1,746 dives to date, the Institute of Deep-sea Science and ...

Scattered across an abyssal plain known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) are polymetallic nodules that are a potato-sized ...