NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oscar-winning director James Cameron ventured to the farthest reaches of the planet and fulfilled a childhood dream in "Deepsea Challenge 3D," a documentary that follows him on a ...

SINKER is an innovative new instrument equipped with advanced microscopes and cameras to collect detailed data about carbon ...

Scientists are speeding up the naming of deep-sea species before they vanish, using new tools to uncover life from below the ...

Microplastics are so pervasive they have even been discovered in the deepest known part of the ocean: the Mariana Trench. While it has been long understood that microplastics exist on the surface of ...

The ocean is far deeper than most people realize, holding secrets and mysteries that continue to astonish scientists and explorers. Covering more than 70% of the Earth’s surface, the ocean is not only ...

We're not far from where the expedition launched on Sunday. It was an hour and 45 minutes into the dive that the vessel lost contact with its mother ship. It's been lost and silent since then. Now, ** ...