The Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the world’s oceans, has long captivated scientists and explorers alike. Located in ...

The Mariana Trench Environment and Ecology Research (MEER) project provides the first systematic exploration of microbial and macrofaunal life in these depths, revealing an unprecedented level of ...

Scientists at China's Beihang University developed a tiny morphable robot to explore the ocean's depths — and it's now taken a dive into the Mariana Trench. The team successfully demonstrated ...

The Mariana Trench is the deepest part of the ocean. Its deepest point, known as the Challenger Deep, reaches approximately 10,984 meters (36,037 feet) below sea level, making it the deepest known ...

The minerals that are being targeted form a critical part of the sea floor, and the sea floor is what life attaches to in the ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The deepest place on the planet may also hold the clues to the origin of life on Earth. The discovery of microbial mats — bizarre-looking, filamentlike clumps of microorganisms ...

Scientists from Newcastle University tested crustaceans at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, known as Challenger Deep. At 10,890 metres below sea level it is the remotest part of the world’s oceans.

The Mariana Trench, home to the Challenger Deep, is an alluring yet dangerous place to visit. Here’s what to know about the deepest point on Earth.

Possible microbes in the Mariana Trench hint at life on Jupiter’s moon. During the 2012 DEEPSEA CHALLENGE expedition to the deepest part of the ocean, scientists spotted fuzzy mats that may be ...

But a large project has now added over 6,000 new microbes to the deep-sea species tally. Called the Mariana Trench Environment and Ecology Research Project, or MEER for short, a team of scientists ...

The Mariana Trench Environment and Ecology Research (MEER) project provides the first systematic exploration of microbial and ...