We turn now to the ocean with NPR's Short Wave podcast. This story plays out in the midnight zone, which is 1,000 to 4,000 meters below the surface... (SOUNDBITE OF SUBMARINE MOVING) MA: ...Even ...

While exploring the ocean in a deep-sea submersible, scientists say they discovered a flourishing ecosystem capable of ...

The species with “deep-sea gigantism” was spotted off the remote South Sandwich Islands near Antarctica, researchers said. Getty Images/iStockphoto The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI ...

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... The giants lurking in the deep sea The bathypelagic ...

Deep sea creatures evolve into giants due to the unique and harsh conditions of the deep ocean, such as extreme pressure, cold temperatures, and scarce food. Larger size helps these creatures conserve ...

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 ...

Scientists have captured stunning video of a dinner-plate-size sea spider crawling on the seafloor off the South Sandwich ...