The deepest regions of Earth's oceans, known as the abyssal and hadal zones, lie at least as far under the water's surface as ...

In the Meratus mountain range of Indonesia, researchers discovered two new species of fanged frogs, Limnonectes maanyanorum and Limnonectes nusantara. These frogs were found under the cover of ...

A research expedition in the Tonga Trench filmed a Pacific sleeper shark, a slow-moving, opportunistic predator rarely seen ...

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

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

On recovering discarded plastic from a great depth, the experts were taken aback to see its shape perfectly impact and there ...

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 ...

Recently, a revelation from the ocean’s depths has surprised even experienced scientists: specific rocks are showcasing an astonishing occurrence. Researchers have discovered that certain rocks, found ...

Its eruption won’t trigger a tsunami or a massive land-based earthquake because of its depth and its distance ... optic cable that runs in the ocean from Pacific City, Oregon, to Axial Seamount.

The United States Geological Survey said the earthquake was detected at 7:02 a.m. Friday about 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) northwest of San Francisco with a depth of 12 miles (19 kilometers).