For deep reef divers, descending into the ocean’s mesophotic layer can feel like exploring the moon. Discovering never-before ...

Cephalopods—the class of animals that comprises octopuses and squids—are ubiquitous throughout the ocean, including in the ...

Seafloor animals down by 37% in deep-sea mining zone, landmark study finds - The study is thought to be the largest yet into ...

In the darkness nearly a mile beneath the ocean’s surface, where the pressure would crush a human and temperatures hover just above freezing, a creature with wings wider than a car glides through the ...

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

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

The deep sea around Antarctica just got a whole lot weirder as researchers have discovered at least 30 previously unknown ...

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

One of the most attractive targets for deep sea mining advocates is the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), a continent-sized ...

A cnidarian is attached to a dead sponge stalk on a manganese nodule in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Diva Amon and Craig Smith, University of Hawaii at Mānoa Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it ...

Plankton and other midwater organisms make up the first link in the marine food chain, supporting everything from small fish ...

Machines mining minerals in the deep ocean have been found to cause significant damage to life on the seabed, scientists ...