The ocean’s depths are a hostile world of crushing pressure, freezing temperatures, and total darkness. Yet divers risk ...

Extreme sports exist in that strange space where human ambition meets the absolute edge of what’s physically possible. Second ...

Many marine species are no strangers to the depths of the oceans. Some animals, like certain sharks, tuna, or turtles, routinely perform extreme dives, whereas for other species, such behavior has ...

Alexey Molchanov is pretty good at swimming down to incredible depths. On September 26, he made sure everyone knew it by ...

Last year, deep-sea scientists discovered the phenomenon of “dark oxygen.” This bizarre finding challenges the long-held belief that oxygen is only produced through photosynthesis. Now, scientists are ...

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 discovery, by a Chinese-led research team using a submersible at depths of around 31,000 feet (9,500 meters), represents the deepest and most extensive communities of chemical-reaction-powered ...

Many marine species are no strangers to the depths of the oceans. Some animals, like certain sharks, tuna, or turtles, routinely perform extreme dives, whereas for other species such behavior has been ...