Deep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same mutation across fish species that have evolved on separate timelines — ...

Narrator: The Mariana Trench is the deepest point on Earth ... The Mariana snailfish, aka the deepest fish ever discovered, which scientists have seen more than 8,000 meters down.

A new study analyzes the evolutionary history of 11 deep-sea species from environments stretching from the central Indian ...

Led by the Mariana Trench Environment and Ecology Research ... the vessel enabled researchers to bring back a rich trove of fish, crustaceans, and sediment teeming with microbes.

Plastic pollution has even been found in the Mariana Trench, the deepest point in the ocean ... These microplastics get swallowed by fish and other marine life and can end up in our food chain. As yet ...

What's at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, and how do we know ... Coral reefs, benthic life, and a huge variety of ocean fish take advantage of these shallow waters, nutrient-rich and warmed ...

The Ring of Fire is home to the deepest ocean trench, called the Mariana Trench. Located east of Guam, the 7-mile-deep Mariana Trench formed when one tectonic place was pushed under another.

Scientists sampled fish living in the Pacific's Mariana Trench and trenches in the Indian Ocean. . | Credit: Han Xu et al. (2025) Evolution and genetic adaptation of fishes to the deep sea.