Despite crushing pressure, total darkness and near-freezing temperatures, researchers found an underwater world teeming with ...

Researchers have recently discovered a sugar compound produced by deep-sea bacteria that has the potential to destroy cancer cells. Microbes living in our oceans produce a substance that triggers cell ...

Discover how Prof William Garvik is uncovering life-saving medicines from the depths of the ocean. Marine organisms could ...

Decomposition is essential to all ecosystems, both on land and in the ocean. In marine environments, decomposition and ...

Scientists discovered deep Arctic methane mounds that release gas, shape ecosystems, and inform climate risks.

Some of the nastiest bacteria that thrive in the human gut and make us sick may have evolved from hardy ancestors living deep under the sea, a group of Japanese scientists found. Writing in the latest ...

Scientists unearth a clue to the molecular mechanisms involved in N 2 O reduction by deep-sea hydrothermal vent bacteria. The research team developed a method that enabled them to analyze time-series ...

A new eco-friendly plastic called LAHB has shown it can biodegrade even in the extreme environment of the deep ocean, unlike conventional plastics that persist for decades. In real-world underwater ...

The microbe Pyrodictium abyssi is an archaeon—a member of what's known as the third domain of life—and an extremophile. It lives in deep-sea thermal vents, at temperatures above the boiling point of ...

The deep-sea coral Callogorgia delta is often found in the Gulf of Mexico near cold seeps. The pink-coloured brittle stars are probably useful for the corals. The photo was taken at a depth of 439 ...