Hundreds of whale fossils, including those from extinct species new to science, range in age from recent to five million ...

The researchers saw many strange animals — many believed to be new to science — living off the whale carcasses.

Five distinct carcass sites were found and scientists unearthed fossils, including skulls belonging to both beaked and baleen ...

Deepest and most extensive whale graveyard brimming with life discovered in Indian Ocean - Five distinct carcass sites were ...

A major deep-sea research project has uncovered more than 7,000 microbial species in the Challenger Deep of the Mariana ...

Organisms called bathynomids boast a bacterial gene that helps them to regulate their metabolism in the cold depths.

Deposited over millions of years, the whale necropolis is covered with deep-sea species, many of which are new to science.

Along some 1,200 kilometers (745 miles) of the Diamantina Fracture Zone, which splits the ocean floor between Australia and ...

Researchers diving 7 kilometres deep in a crewed submersible have discovered a vast collection of whale bones, including ...

The ocean floor is covered with dead whales–but it is everything but a biohazard. When a whale dies, its body sinks to the ...

Scientists have unearthed marine communities thriving on a millions-year-old whale graveyard. These graveyards form when ...

Scientists found more than 7,000 microbes in the Mariana Trench, revealing unexpected biodiversity in Earth's deepest ocean ...