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 — ...

Why it matters: The Mariana Trench, with its crushing pressure and ... with microbes at the lowest points more likely to share nutrients and form biofilms, a protective layer that enhances their ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: The Mariana Trench is the deepest point on Earth. So deep that if you dropped Mount Everest inside, its peak would still be more than a kilometer ...

Located east of Guam, the 7-mile-deep Mariana Trench formed when one tectonic place was pushed under another. The tectonic activity along the Ring of Fire also results in about 90% of the world ...

Researchers find remarkably active bacteria in the Mariana Trench, where they live under pressure 1,000 times greater than at the surface. The movie director-turned-explorer made the 6.8-mile drop to ...

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.