The Metals Company wants to be the first firm to commercially mine the seafloor. The study it funded suggests that mining ...

For all of humanity’s ventures to outer space, we’ve yet to see 99.999% of the deep-sea floor. In the latest subaquatic news, ...

The findings contribute to a controversial debate that pits green technology against the environment.

A new report reveals the results of a study exploring biodiversity in a region targeted for seabed mining—capturing baseline ...

There is high global demand for critical metals, and many countries want to try extracting these sought-after metals from the ...

An ocean-mining company has funded some of the most comprehensive scientific studies to date, and peer-reviewed results have ...

The deep-sea's midnight zone, a realm of crushing pressure and absolute darkness, harbors extraordinary creatures. These animals have evolved remarkable adaptations, from bioluminescent lures to ...

What appeared to be tentacles washed up on an Aberdeenshire beach are the remains of a deep-sea creature called a seven-arm ...

The vast array of organisms in the deep sea remains a mystery to humans. Now, marine biologists can add one more puzzle to the list. A collection of odd materials was discovered nearly four miles ...

Some of the world’s most fascinating creatures live underwater. And unlike the more mainstream animals under the sea — seahorses, sharks, and even deep sea anglerfish — one cool member of the aquatic ...

Over a period of five years, researchers sampled the deep-sea floor of the CCZ three times before and one time two months ...

When the submarine plunged to about 1,500 meters below sea level, ecologist Jeff Drazen asked the pilots to cut the strobe lights that had been guiding them through the pitch-black waters. For a ...