Almost a half-mile below Monterey Bay's surface, California scientists recorded rare footage of a seven-arm octopus eating a ...

For all of humanity’s ventures to outer space, we’ve yet to see 99.999% of the deep-sea floor. In the latest subaquatic news, ...

The Metals Company wants to be the first firm to commercially mine the seafloor. The study it funded suggests that mining ...

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

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

A newly discovered predatory “death-ball” sponge in the Southern Ocean hunts small prey with tiny hooks, revealing surprising ...

A bizarre encounter with a strange species that feels otherworldly. Ryan Seacrest fans rally around him after seeing his ...

One of the most attractive targets for deep sea mining advocates is the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), a continent-sized ...

A new report reveals the results of a study exploring biodiversity in a region targeted for seabed mining—capturing baseline ...

South Carolina wildlife officials warn against touching cold-stunned sea turtles or manatees after a freeze, saying ...

Machines mining minerals in the deep ocean have been found to cause significant damage to life on the seabed, scientists ...

An ocean-mining company has funded some of the most comprehensive scientific studies to date, and peer-reviewed results have ...