Trump's deep-sea mining order is likely to stipulate that the U.S. aims to exercise its rights to extract critical minerals ...

We know more about the Moon’s surface than Earth’s ocean floor — but that’s changing fast. A NASA-supported team used a ...

Scientists have filmed a giant deep-sea spider crawling on the Southern Ocean floor, shedding more light on the diversity of ...

A new wave of seismic science is emerging from the ocean floor—and it could help us predict the next big disaster. Using a ...

The move would enable miners to bypass the ISA and obtain permits from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

This is the midwater zone, a hidden ecosystem that begins 650 feet below the ocean surface and sustains life across our ...

A riotous photography collection from a recent underwater mission off the coast of Chile shows new and fascinating deep-sea ...

Researchers from the Schmidt Ocean Institute noticed the sea spider ... and “abundantly large” in polar regions due to “deep-sea gigantism”, a phenomenon of several deep-sea animals ...

Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, ...

Head of United Nations seabed authority warns unilateral action would violate international law and undermine multilateral ...

The specimens were the bycatch of a fishing vessel in the South China Sea, which researchers later bought to study.

The White House considers an executive order to fast-track deep-sea mining permits, bypassing the UN review. This effort aims ...