A rare oarfish, often called the "doomsday fish," was spotted in Mexico—just days after another deep-sea creature, a deep-sea ...

It's spring, the sun is shining and something is about to happen with the plankton in the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean.

These huge blooms sink to the sea floor when the plankton die, transporting carbon to the deep sea and helping to fight climate change. While plankton blooms like this are usually natural ...

Deep-sea oarfish and anglerfish sightings near shores fuel speculation about impending disasters, but scientists remain ...

[New Paper] Meet Delectopecten thermus, a new species of Glass Scallop from a deep-sea hot vent in Okinawa Trough, Japan! We ...

Some plankton combine calcium and dissolved carbonates ... the carbon in their carcasses can create a feast for deep-sea critters and also be buried in marine sediments. Ocean deposits are by ...