With growing interest in mining critical metals from the seafloor, countries are now negotiating international rules. The Trump administration is forging ahead on its own, speeding up environmental ...

Somewhere in the North Atlantic, more than a kilometer beneath its surface, a cold-water coral reef stretches across an ...

Scientists have discovered a massive deep-sea coral reef system off the coast of Argentina that may be one of the largest on ...

You may be hearing a lot lately about critical minerals and rare earth elements. These natural materials are essential to industry and modern technology – everything from cellphones to fighter jets.

This octopus can brood its eggs for nearly four years without eating. Here’s how this biological extreme has reshaped how ...

The ocean is home to some of the strangest-looking creatures in the world. It seems that the deeper you go, the stranger the ...

From bone-eating snot-flowers to snowboarding scale worms, when a whale dies it becomes a colossal island of nutrients – ...

Far below the reach of sunlight, the deep ocean is stitched together by pockets of warmth and chemistry that function like underwater cities. Scientists have spent decades tracing these hidden oases, ...

The deep sea is a dark, cold place. It's just a few degrees above freezing, subject to immense pressure, and beyond the reach ...

Underwater earthquakes in Antarctica can trigger massive phytoplankton blooms, linking deep-sea seismic activity to ocean ...

While exploring ancient seabeds in Morocco, scientists discovered strange wrinkle-like textures in deep-water sediments that shouldn’t have been there. These structures are usually made by ...

Asteroids would’ve supplied the raw materials, heat, and geologic plumbing to circulate prebiotic matter while also creating ...