Deep-sea symbioses encompass a diverse array of partnerships between invertebrate animals and chemosynthetic bacteria that convert inorganic molecules into organic compounds. Such interactions are a ...

The creatures live in holes in wood at the bottom of the ocean. Wu Q, Lin Y-T, Qiu J-W, Xu MY, Xing BP (2025) Zoosystematics and Evolution When a tree falls into a river, flows downstream and hits the ...

In some areas, not a single patch of rock is visible because everything is so densely populated: deep-sea crabs (Shinkaia crosnieri) and deep-sea mussels (Bathymodiolus).

Marine researchers exploring extreme depths say they have discovered an astonishing deep-sea ecosystem of chemosynthetic life that’s fueled by gases escaping from fractures in the ocean bed. The ...

The Trump administration announced this past week that it has entered talks with the Cook Islands to research and develop seabed mineral resources. The Polynesian archipelago is one of only a handful ...

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