The Atacama Trench, located off the coast of Peru and Chile, is one of the deepest oceanic regions on our planet, and scientists think it could be an ecological haven. A new study describes a four ...

The strange creatures that dwell in the deepest depths of the Earth’s oceans could provide many ideas for a budding science fiction writer. Never seeing the light of day – these fascinating ...

A never-before-seen predatory crustacean that feeds on other smaller creatures in the hadal zone was discovered in the Atacama Trench at a depth of 25,900 feet.

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Hadal zones are the deepest part of Earth's oceans, and are home to few creatures. They are also some of the least explored parts of Earth's murky depths.

even for animals living in the deep. The dive forms part of the Five Deeps expedition - an attempt to explore the deepest points in each of the world's five oceans. It has been funded by Mr ...

which is the deepest part of the ocean. It includes anywhere that is more than 7,000 metres below the surface. It's possible different species of Dumbo octopus could occupy different depth ranges.

We were amazed at this to-scale map we found on Tumblr depicting the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the world's oceans ... the largest animal known to Earth. Read next Jump to ...

An expert diver's record-breaking feat was supplemented, not by the discovery of a magical marine creature, but by plastic ...

However, off the coast of northern Chile, the trench plunges to almost 5,000 mi (8,000 km) below the surface—well within the deepest part of the ocean, known as the Hadal zone. Scientists have long ...

The deepest ever sighting of an octopus has been made by cameras on the Indian Ocean floor. The animal was spotted 7,000m down in the Java Trench - almost 2km deeper than the previous reliable ...