2023 has been...weird. Join Mashable as we look back at everything that's delighted, amazed, or just confused us in 2023. Below 1,000 meters, the ocean is eternally dark. Sunlight can't penetrate ...

The possibility of a gold rush at the bottom of the sea is keeping some oceanographers ... Even at those depths, the ocean floor teems with life. It’s slow-growing and often small but it is ...

Schmidt Ocean Institute Thousands of feet beneath the surface of the ocean, scientists have discovered previously unknown hydrothermal vents, teeming with life. These gaps in the seafloor ...

And it's teeming with deep sea life. An endeavor aboard the Falkor (too) — a 363-foot (111-meter) research vessel operated by the Schmidt Ocean Institute — has returned vivid imagery from its ...