Earth's oceanic trenches are still shrouded in mystery, and for good reason. Plunging as deep as 11 kilometers (6.8 miles) beneath the surface, their dark, frigid waters are under mind-boggling ...

This new species is an amphipod–a type of shrimp-like crustacean that is found in both freshwater and saltwater environments around the world. It was discovered in the Atacama Trench off the coast of ...

Hidden in the extreme depths of the Atacama Trench, a new species of amphipod has been discovered by marine biologists. Named ...

Invasive amphipod species have emerged as a significant ecological concern in freshwater environments worldwide. These organisms, typified by species such as Dikerogammarus villosus, are capable of ...

The newly discovered crustacean Dulcibella camanchaca is the first large, active predatory amphipod from the extreme depths of Atacama Trench. Credit: Johanna Weston, Woods Hole Oceanographic ...

Ducibella camanchacais a fast-swimming predator researchers named after "darkness." At nearly 4 centimeters in length, this crustacean uses specialized raptorial appendages to capture and preyupon ...

The deep ocean is one of the last great mysteries on Earth– a world of crushing pressure, freezing temperatures, and total ...