Tasha Van Zandt's 'A Life Illuminated,' about oceanographer Dr. Edith Widder, feels by-the book, but that only allows its subject to really shine.

An underwater voyage has revealed a network of creatures thriving at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches, researchers said in a newly published paper. The deep-sea trenches, also called Hadal ...

The bumpy snailfish (Careproctus colliculi) is one of three new deep-sea species described. 2019 MBARI When you think of deep-sea fish, chances are you imagine sharp-toothed, foreboding-looking ...

Clare Fieseler's and Jason Jaacks' reporting was supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center and co-published with the Post and Courier. Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, ...