Researchers use lipid biomarkers to uncover how organisms survive in extreme ecosystems. A surprising variety of life exists within the ocean floor, much of it made up of microbes, tiny organisms ...

The Arctic is one of the most extreme environments on Earth, yet it’s home to some of the most resilient and fascinating ...

A rare sighting of a massive creature near Taiwan rekindles ancient myths and sparks scientific inquiry into life from the ocean's hidden depths.

Scientists discovered a new crustacean species in the Atacama Trench, 8,000 meters deep, revealing the Hadal zone as a ...

The aquarium says these "deep-diving" whales are a rare sight. Rare sighting alert!  Three True’s beaked whales were spotted by our Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life aerial... "People who maybe go ...

The second expedition took researchers to the Southern Ocean’s Bellingshausen Sea, off West Antarctica. The team was the ...

Deep-sea mining is the extraction of minerals from the seabed in the deep ocean. Most of the interest is in what are known as polymetallic nodules, which are potato-sized mineral deposits that have ...

DNA in seawater revealed that 93% of fish species live beyond known ranges, exposing major gaps in global marine biodiversity records.

Scientists are revolutionizing how new marine species are described through the Ocean Species Discoveries initiative. Using advanced lab techniques, researchers recently unveiled 14 new species from ...