Their study, published in Communications Biology, investigates the transcriptional and metagenomic changes in shallow-water mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) exposed to deep-sea conditions at a ...

Scientists on a research expedition in the Southern Ocean captured the first footage of a living Gonatus antarcticus squid.

Scientists on the US West Coast say they discovered three previously unknown species of deep-sea spider that could have a ...

The minerals that are being targeted form a critical part of the sea floor, and the sea floor is what life attaches to in the ...

Samples came from deep-sea mud, boreholes ... might still harbor microbial life deep underground, where water and chemical energy sources could persist. "Understanding deep life on Earth could ...

If future deep-sea mining operations release sediment plumes into the water column ... As an oceanographer studying marine life in an area of the Pacific rich in these nodules, I believe ...

Noise pollution from deep-sea mining carries an invisible risk for sea life, warn researchers, urging greater transparency ...

If future deep-sea mining operations release sediment plumes into the water column, as proposed, the debris could interfere with animals’ feeding, disrupt food webs and alter animals’ behaviors. As an ...

Then, the creatures of the deep sea began ... hospitable for life. Some crustaceans, for example, have a hard time developing hard outer shells made of calcium carbonate if the water is too ...

The Mediterranean is a semi-enclosed basin with unique winds and currents, so the team cautions against a one-size-fits-all ...

If future deep-sea mining operations release sediment plumes into the water column ... As an oceanographer studying marine life in an area of the Pacific rich in these nodules, I believe that ...