In the western Pacific, off the coasts of Japan, the Philippines, and Papua New Guinea, near Guam and the volcanic Mariana ... of the trench, researchers have found creatures big and small living ...

Narrator: The Mariana Trench is the deepest point on Earth ... Narrator: But if you put out some food, some of the planet's strangest creatures would emerge from the darkness.

The Mariana Trench is the deepest place on Earth, and we're still in the dark about much of the life that calls it home. Here are just a few of the trench's eye-popping residents.

It is found within the crescent-shaped Mariana Trench ... also suggested that microbial life forms thrive within the trench. These creatures are adapted to the high-pressure, low-light environment ...