Scientists discovered the 1-foot-long animal while aboard a submersible several miles deep in the Pacific Ocean. Take a look.

The hadal zone, as scientists call it, is located in the ocean trenches, more than 6,000 meters below the surface. This region is all darkness and intense pressure, yet... some rare species actually ...

A record-breaking deep earthquake registered in May 2015 offshore of Japan likely was not a tectonic event but triggered by a ...

The three-year research initiative will focus on deep-sea areas in the Pacific Ocean, including parts of the hadal zone, which extends to depths of 36,000 feet and accounts for 45 percent of the ...

It's located in the western Pacific Ocean near the Mariana Islands. The trench's depth was first measured during the Challenger expedition in 1875. But it wasn't until the 1950s that scientists ...

The waters around two remote atolls in the central Pacific Ocean—spanning 18,500 square miles—are now protected from fishing Sarah Kuta Last year, the team made headlines when it published a ...