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

Scientists have studied the predatory behavior of sharks in deep-sea ecosystems. This research provides insights into the ...

Japan will from January attempt to extract rare earth minerals from the ocean floor in the deepest trial of its kind, the ...

The United States, which is not a signatory to the UN convention or an ISA member, disrupted the painstaking process this ...

In a surprising discovery, scientists observed Pacific sleeper sharks, typically found in cold, northern waters, feeding on a ...

Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and ...

Key points The deep sea is one of Earth's most fragile and least understood environments.A group of scientists led by CSIRO ...

The Metals Company is applying for permission from the Trump administration to mine for nickel and cobalt beneath a remote ...

For more than a decade, a succession of sea creatures have lived off of this whale’s body by stripping it and burrowing into ...