Learn more about the Hadal Trenches and the types of life that thrive in the deep.

A series of submersible surveys to nearly 10 kilometers in the deepest parts of Japan's ocean trenches have revealed seafloor ...

New research shows that marine heat waves can reshape ocean food webs, which in turn can slow the transport of carbon to the ...

Chinese researchers have uncovered something truly astonishing deep beneath the ocean’s surface.

Explore Earth's highest and lowest points—from Mount Everest and the Dead Sea to Challenger Deep. Discover how these extremes ...

Marine heatwaves can jam the ocean’s natural carbon conveyor belt, preventing carbon from reaching the deep sea. Researchers ...

The coral Iridogorgia chewbacca, found in the tropical Pacific, has long branches, and its DNA confirms that it is a new ...

A man in a red knit cap yanked as hard as he could. “That’s just—my ankle—breaking!” Cam yelped. No one suggested slicing the ...

This is an amazing discovery for the potential habitability of the moon’s ocean. The Cassini observations have shown that ...

Mount Kangchenjunga, the highest point at 8,586 m, and Kuttanad in Kerala, the lowest point lying 2.2 m below sea level.

Deep beneath the North Sea, researchers have mapped giant buried mounds and "sinkites" that turn a basic rule of geology on ...

The ocean’s deepest trenches are cold, silent, and almost completely dark—yet life there is startlingly inventive. A new find from the Atacama Trench shows just ...