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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

Deep-sea mining is threatening vital marine life in the ocean’s “twilight zone,” reveals new research. The findings raise "urgent concerns" about long-lasting effects if large-scale commercial mining ...

As demand for cobalt, nickel, and other critical minerals surges, governments and companies are eyeing the deep ocean floor.