Particles have already been detected in the human body and throughout the food chain.

The deep ocean remains the least-explored environment on the planet, a cold, black world under crushing pressure where ...

Animals living in the deepest ocean trenches have been found with plastic fragments in their gut, according to new research published Wednesday showing how manmade pollution reaches into the bowels of ...

Scientists exploring the deep sea off of Australia’s Eastern seaboard have discovered a bevy of interesting new sea creatures; among them, a faceless fish that hasn't been seen since 1873, which ...

A rare albino turtle hatchling emerged in Bolivia’s Manuripi Reserve. This unusual sighting draws attention to conservation efforts for vulnerable species. Conservationists are closely monitoring ...

Microplastics now found even in deepest ‘most isolated’ parts of Earth - Microplastics found in 92 per cent of all animals ...

It's the oldest, largest, and deepest graveyard of whale falls ever found—and it's been feeding life for millions of years. Reading time 4 minutes Marine scientists this week have announced a ...

NOAA’s Okeanos Explorer, the only federally funded U.S. ship built to explore the Earth’s oceans for science, travels the world, deploying its ROV, Deep Discoverer to the deepest, darkest depths of ...

A newly discovered deep-sea siphonophore with glowing tentacles was found in the Pacific during a California coast expedition ...

The strange, shiny discovery, retrieved from the ocean near Alaska in 2023, turned out to be part of an anemone, scientists said. By John Yoon Explorers sent a robot two miles under the ocean’s ...