The ocean is full of surprises, and scientists are still finding creatures that seem almost unreal. From tiny reef animals to ...

President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday issued a new rule to fast-track deep-sea mining in international waters, ...

A mining-machine test on the deep-ocean floor resulted in species diversity declining by roughly 32% in the tracks of the mining equipment. Researchers worked in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone ( CCZ) ...

For much of the twentieth century, a prevailing view in marine biology held that most major marine groups originated in ...

Startling findings in 2024 suggested that metallic nodules on the sea floor produce oxygen and might support life. Now ...

A team of scientists announced Tuesday they have developed new deep-sea landers specifically to test their contentious ...

Blue blood may look alien, but it’s one of evolution’s most elegant solutions to life in extreme environments. Here’s how ...

Deep-sea mining targets mineral deposits on the ocean floor, typically at depths of 3,000–6,000 meters. Most attention focuses on polymetallic nodules—potato-sized rocks lying on abyssal plains—and on ...

Marine turbidites are layers of mud and sand deposited on the deep ocean floor by massive underwater landslides and are often ...

After Norway made its decision, Greenland’s government has stated its intention to ban deep-sea mining in its territorial waters.