An expedition records 29,556 animals in the abyssal trenches and reveals how they survive the pressure and total darkness.

This informative look at our planet's topography explores the science behind its highest peaks and deepest ocean trenches.

Thousands of never-before-seen microbe species have been found in the deepest point of the world's oceans, the Mariana Trench. These strange microorganisms are like nothing we see on the surface, ...

Scientists have found microplastics speckling the waters of the Mariana Trench, known for being the deepest of any ocean trench, and at every level of the sea. The researchers published their findings ...

Manned submersibles capable of reaching full-ocean depth have been rare, with less than a dozen individuals visiting the deepest point of the Mariana Trench before 2019. Immense hydrostatic pressure, ...

Cruising at a depth of 8,336 meters (over 27,000 feet) just above the seabed, a young snailfish has become the deepest fish ever filmed by scientists during a probe into the abyss of the northern ...

A Chinese submersible has discovered thousands of worms and mollusks nearly 10 kilometers (six miles) below sea level in the Mariana Trench, the deepest colony of creatures ever observed, a study ...

The Atacama Trench, located off the coast of Peru and Chile, is one of the deepest oceanic regions on our planet, and scientists think it could be an ecological haven. A new study describes a four ...

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