In September 1972, a research vessel called the USNS Hayes discovered the deepest part of the Arctic Ocean and named it after Arthur E. Molloy, the research scientist who first observed this deep, ...

The ocean basins are so vast and deep that they hold about 97 percent of the Earth's water. Sea water that's trapped in ...

The Atacama Trench, located off the coast of Peru and Chile, is one of the deepest oceanic regions on our planet, and scientists think it could be an ecological haven. A new study describes a four ...

In the darkest depths of the ocean, the eerie and elusive telescope fish thrives with alien-like eyes, extendable jaws, and a ...

In these extreme environments, the crushing pressure, scant food and lack of sunlight can make it hard to survive. Scientists know that tiny microbes prosper there, but less is known about evidence of ...

The Pacific Ocean is home to some of the deepest points on the planet. In fact, four of the top six deepest spots in the world can be found in the Pacific. The Pacific's basin is uniquely low, which ...

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 ...

The discovery challenges "long-standing assumptions about life's potential at extreme depths," study authors said.