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

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

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning ...

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

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

World leaders have renewed calls for a global moratorium on deep-sea mining at the 2025 U.N. Ocean Conference (UNOC) in Nice, France, as the U.S. moves to mine the deep sea in international waters ...

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

Deep Sea Squid Caught on Camera Alive for the First Time. The Astonishing Footage Wasn't Planned The Gonatus antarcticus squid had previously only been identified through remains found in fishing ...

The finding that the sea floor is a source of low-abundance elements in the ocean up-ends conventional views of marine biogeochemistry.

China Reveals First Deep-Sea "Testing Site", Adding To Vast Network Of Marine Bases China now has these "testing facilities" in its north, south, east, and west oceans.

A tusk originally discovered in 2019 at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean has been identified as a mammoth tusk. The tusk was found by a team from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute 185 miles ...