Looking out of the Fendouzhe submersible, more than nine kilometres below the ocean surface, Mengran Du knew she was seeing ...

U.S.-led plans to mine the deep seabed have gained momentum since President Donald Trump signed an executive order that ...

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

Earth’s oceans hold some of the least explored places on the planet, shaped over millions of years by tectonic forces that ...

Deep-sea creatures exhibit gigantism, with football-sized eyes and van-sized sponges thriving in crushing darkness. These ...

If you traveled to the deepest points of Earth, what would you find? Lost cities, mythical sea monsters, rivers of gold?

As part of the international deep-sea research initiative IODP3, a team from the University of Innsbruck's Departments of ...

The Pacific Ocean is both the largest and the deepest ocean on Earth. Know why the Pacific Ocean is called the Silent Ocean, ...

The Indian Ocean lies between Africa and Australia. Discover everything about the world’s third largest and warmest ocean, ...

Sponges are some of the simplest and least dangerous animals on Earth, but a new species seems to be shooting for a cooler ...

A team from The Nippon Foundation’s Nekton Ocean Census worked with Schmidt Ocean Institute’s ship Falkor to reach far ...

With less than a handful of days to provide public comments, concerns are growing over plans for deep sea mining in the Marianas. A protest and community meeting are being organized by local organizat ...