The Mariana Trench is the deepest part of the world's oceans. Located in the Pacific Ocean near the Mariana Islands, the deepest depth of the trench is a small slot-shaped valley in its floor known as ...

A jellyfish found in the Mariana Trench by the NOAA's remote-controlled underwater vehicle looks like something out of science fiction. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get ...

An otherworldly noise that was recorded near the Mariana Trench could be a never-before-heard whale call. Dubbed the “Western Pacific Biotwang,” this newly discovered call might be from a minke whale ...

The deepest-ever species of fish has been recovered from the Mariana Trench. Thriving at 26,200 feet below sea level, the small, slimy and translucent fish have somehow adapted to one of the harshest ...

The Mariana Trench, the deepest point in the ocean, was once believed to be an untouched abyss far from the reach of human ...

As gelatinous blobs washed up on shore, jellyfish aren't particularly impressive. But in their natural, free-floating habitats they can seem like graceful spaceships drifting through the stars.

The Mariana snailfish is the deepest fish collected from the ocean floor. (UW Photo) They look like ghosts of the abyss, but the wispy, pinkish-white, smooth-skinned creatures at the bottom of the ...

An international team of researchers has discovered a new group of oil-eating bacteria in the mysterious ecosystem of the Mariana Trench, according to a study published in the journal Microbiome.

With red and yellow lights seeming to glow inside its bulbous body, a newfound jellyfish looks more alien spaceship than deep-sea cnidarian. Using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV), marine scientists ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...