But real lightning would have struck infrequently—and mostly in open ocean, where organic compounds would have quickly ...

Deep-sea fish thrive in extreme pressure, darkness, and pollution, revealing new survival mechanisms and threats.

The ecosystem is home to seamounts, hydrothermal vents, deep-sea trenches and species found only in its freezing water. They are called the South Sandwich Islands, and researchers with the Schmidt ...

Around the deep-sea vents off the southern coast of Japan, a small, “glass”-like creature was discovered. Getty Images/iStockphoto Off the coast of Japan, thousands of feet below the surface ...

Prof. HE Shunping's team from the Institute of Hydrobiology (IHB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), along with ...