The U.S. push to mine international waters for metals defies global efforts to control and protect these fragile ecosystems.

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a fellow. On ...

A new autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) imaged a previously unexplored portion of the seafloor in ultra-deep waters near ...

NICE, France — At the 2025 U.N. Ocean Conference (UNOC), taking place in Nice, France, between June 9 and 13, world leaders renewed their call for a global moratorium on deep-sea mining, an ...

Until the 1970’s people thought the deepest parts of the ocean were devoid of life- then hydrothermal vents were discovered ...

Challenger Deep, the lowest point in the deepest canyon on Earth, lies 35,876 feet below sea level at the southwestern ...

Images from the exciting encounter, which occurred 2152 meters (1.34 miles) deep in the Weddell Sea, show the vibrantly-colored squid with scratches and sucker marks on its body.

They measured quantities of these elements in the deep, abyssal Pacific Ocean (depths below 5,000 metres), sampling the seawater above sea-floor sediments, pore water (seawater trapped between ...

It is therefore fitting, or else darkly ironic, that the day also saw the unveiling by China of a new deep-sea testing site – the nation’s first such institution, located about 200 kilometers ...

These deep-sea predators feast on squid, crustaceans, and bony fish. They live around 3,900 feet below the surface in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.

Researchers discovered Endoxocrinus kexuei, a new crinoid species, in the South China Sea, living on cold seep habitats over 2,700 feet deep.