Discovery of deep-sea chemosynthesis-based communities suggests more life forms exist in unexplored ocean depths, according ...

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

Bottom of the ocean:Vescovo used a submersible called The Limiting Factor to reach the ocean floor, nearly 11 kilometers below the surface, in The Challenge Deep, a trench in the Pacific Ocean.

A retired naval officer and wealthy investor will begin carrying paying passengers into the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, the deepest point on Earth. The eight-day trip, which includes ...

For example, in 2020 a new species found in the Mariana Trench was eventually named after the plastic found in its guts, and in 2023 microplastics were discovered in a cave system that had been ...

The trench is named after the nearby Mariana Islands, which are named after Las Marianas, in honor of the Spanish Queen Mariana of Austria. In 1668, Spain formally colonized the Mariana Islands ...

Retired Navy Capt. Don Walsh, an explorer who in 1960 was part of a two-man crew that made the first voyage to the Mariana Trench, died at his Myrtle Point home.

A new study has revealed the exact origin of the Pacific Ocean's mysterious "biotwang" noises, which were first detected by underwater surveys near the Mariana Trench in 2014.