Deep-sea fish thrive in extreme pressure, darkness, and pollution, revealing new survival mechanisms and threats.

Researchers descended more than 35,700 feet (10,900 meters) below sea level to collect biological samples that revealed ...

The deep sea, covering approximately 65% of Earth's surface, has long been considered a biological desert. In this extreme ...

Relying on China's self-developed human occupied vehicle (HOV) Fendouzhe, Chinese scientists have completed an exploration of the hadal zone, the deepest part of the ocean floor, and identified 7,564 ...

The first phase of the MEER research was a joint effort of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the Institute of Deep-sea Science ...

There was also the hadal snailfish (Pseudoliparis swirei), which holds the record as the deepest-living fish ever found. By comparing it to other deep-sea fish, researchers discovered it has adapted ...

622 samples of Hirondellea gigas— a deep-sea shrimp-like species — and 11 categories of deep-sea fish, the research team made several discoveries. These included strategies used by hadal ...

SHENZHEN, China, March 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The latest scientific research at the deepest part of the ocean has revealed something extraordinary - biodiversity is extensive and flourishing despite ...

recent sampling in hadal trenches has revealed a surprising variety of life, including holothurians, polychaetes, bivalves, isopods, actinians, amphipods, gastropods, and bottom-dwelling fish.” ...

The samples were taken from an extreme environment known as the Hadal Zone, which fewer people ... around the trenches including bottom-dwelling fish, gastropods, holothurians, polychaetes ...