Despite crushing pressure, total darkness and near-freezing temperatures, researchers found an underwater world teeming with ...

Tokyo set to make world’s first attempt to continuously lift rare-earth-rich mud from a depth of around 6,000m ...

Japan embarks Sunday on what it says is the world's first bid to tap deep sea rare earths at a depth of 6,000 metres -- ...

Cracking, creaking ice at the bottom of the world is quietly shaping the future climate you live in. New research from ...

The mid-ocean ridge runs through the oceans like a suture. Where Earth's plates move apart, new oceanic crust is continuously ...

A mining-machine test on the deep-ocean floor resulted in species diversity declining by roughly 32% in the tracks of the ...

Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest ...

After Norway made its decision, Greenland’s government has stated its intention to ban deep-sea mining in its territorial ...

In order to understand currents, tides and other ocean dynamics, scientists need to accurately capture sea surface height, or ...

There was an era of horror and thriller cinema where animals like alligators and sharks attacking and killing humans had ...

Deep below sunlight, a rarely seen frilled shark reveals ancient anatomy, slow reproduction, and mysterious habits, offering ...

The deep sea also harbours some of the most intriguing and alien-like species in existence, yet for several centuries, these ...