In the inky blackness nearly 10,000 meters below the Pacific Ocean, scientists have discovered strange animals that may hold ...

Deep-sea researchers have launched a groundbreaking project to investigate "dark oxygen"—a form of oxygen produced in total darkness on the ocean floor. The initiative follows last year's discovery of ...

In this week's Science for All newsletter, Divya Gandhi explains how deep sea mining for minerals is stilfling marine life ...

Far below the reach of sunlight, scientists have stumbled on a patch of vivid blue mud on the Pacific seafloor that appears to host organisms thriving in conditions long thought impossible. The ...

Some 1,400 kilometers off the coast of Chile, rare deep-sea creatures drift along a garden of sponges and corals that grow along the flanks of a 3,100-meter-tall undersea mountain. A monthlong survey ...

A study reveals deep sea mining significantly reduces animal abundance, harms biodiversity and raises urgent concerns for ocean ecosystems in the Pacific Clarion-Clipperton Zone.

More than 2 miles deep in the Pacific Ocean and hundreds of miles off the coast between Mexico and Hawaii, trillions of lumpy, potato-sized, metal-rich nuggets lie scattered across the seafloor, a ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. An unexpected radioactive discovery beneath the Pacific Ocean seabed ...

May 28 - The ocean is our lifeblood. It is our provider, the foundation of our cultures, and our home. But it is changing before our eyes. Growing up in Samoa, an island nation ringed by a vast blue ...