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.

This work was supported by the Pulitzer Center. On July 22, 2024, a team of researchers released a shocking discovery: Deep-sea rocks appear to be producing oxygen in the blackness of the ocean’s ...

A robot explores the dark, cold, deep sea floor of the South Atlantic, transmitting images of vibrant coral and fish never seen before as scientists give live commentary via YouTube. And Argentines ...

NEW YORK (AP) — An underwater voyage has revealed a network of creatures thriving at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches. In these extreme environments, the crushing pressure, scant food and lack of ...

A recent Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition off the coast of Uruguay discovered at least 30 suspected new species and ...

A groundbreaking expedition to Argentina's Mar del Plata Canyon uncovered over 40 potential new deep-sea species, including glass squids and pink lobsters. Using an ROV, scientists explored this ...

The bathypelagic zone of the ocean is 1,000 to 4,000 meters below the surface. Sometimes it's called the midnight zone because it's too deep for sunlight to reach. Most animals here are much smaller ...

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, ...

Researchers have described a new species of deep-sea lanternshark and crab, both with the help of specimens collected from a CSIRO-led 2022 voyage of CSIRO research vessel (RV) Investigator.

An enormous but poorly understood region of the global ocean—referred to as the abyssal benthic boundary layer—lies a few ...

Dr. Edith "Edie" Widder isn't exactly comfortable in front of the camera, preferring to offer plain-spoken voiceover instead or, even better, just letting the stunning images of her life's work do the ...