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

A newly discovered predatory “death-ball” sponge in the Southern Ocean hunts small prey with tiny hooks, revealing surprising ...

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 ...

Researchers have uncovered surprising evidence that the deep ocean’s carbon-fixing engine works very differently than long ...

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

The field of ocean governance is rapidly evolving in response to mounting anthropogenic impacts, particularly in vulnerable deep-sea ecosystems. Coastal ...

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management extended the public comment period for its deep-sea mining proposal near the Mariana ...

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

At the very bottom of the ocean, where pressure crushes metal and sunlight never reaches, a short, grainy video has sparked a ...

Taiwan is pushing to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and expand renewable energy under targets set in its Renewable Energy ...