Humanity has only explored 0.001% of the deep sea, according to a May 2025 study. Credit - Getty Images The Trump Administration signed an executive order late last month aiming to fast-track approval ...

A discovery made in 2011 by Swedish explorers has been at the heart of one of the most fascinating deep-sea mysteries. While searching for treasure, Peter Lindberg and Denis Asberg stumbled upon an ...

The post Deep-Sea Ghost: How Scientists Finally Caught the Whale No One Had Ever Seen appeared first on A-Z Animals. Recovering the DNA sample involved distracting a curious albatross to recover the ...

SAN DIEGO — Children press their faces against the glass, marveling at the serpentine creature stretched out before them. "Oh, that's so long! Eleven feet!" one young visitor exclaims, comparing the ...

Anglerfishes are some of the most mysterious and interesting creatures in the deep. Their beautiful bioluminescent lures and strange mating habits, however, are only the tip of the iceberg. There are ...

This work was supported by the Pulitzer Center. On July 22, 2024, a team of researchers released a shocking discovery: Deep-sea rocks appear to be producing oxygen in the blackness of the ocean’s ...

A lot of weird-looking life-forms lurk in the deep sea, and this year we got some spectacularly close looks at several of them, including a goofy Doctor Who–esque octopus, alienlike Antarctic dwellers ...