For years, a strange and unsettling noise coming from the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the ocean, puzzled scientists.

Bartlett: A xenophyophore. Narrator ... But perhaps the most surprising thing you'll discover inside the Mariana Trench is this: Plastic. In 1998, a remotely operated submersible detected a ...

And, worst of all, the pressure is so immense that even many species of weathered deep-sea marine life can't live there. So, ...

We were amazed at this to-scale map we found on Tumblr depicting the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the world's oceans. The trench is located in the Pacific Ocean near the Philippines.

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.

In the western Pacific Ocean just east of the island of Guam and a strategic gateway to the second island chain, lies the deepest point on Earth – the Mariana Trench. In the crushing darkness of ...