Case in point: Scientists from Tokyo University and Hokkaido University in Japan stumbled across some mysterious jet-black ...

With the backing of the US government, a Canadian company is poised to sidestep UN laws and start vacuuming what it deems ...

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a fellow. On ...

Deep-sea mining in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean could harm ocean life including whales and dolphins, new research shows ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

Pacific sleeper sharks were spotted in the South China Sea - 1,800 miles from home - offering new clues about deep-ocean ...

This previously unknown symbiotic relationship helps keep methane—a major greenhouse gas—trapped in the ocean.

The Metals Company is applying for permission from the Trump administration to mine for nickel and cobalt beneath a remote ...

President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order that supports deep sea mining in both United States and international ...

A man paddleboarding with his friends is shocked to see a squid wrapping its tentacles around his paddleboard and pulling him ...

Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and ...

Unilateral deep-sea mining, such as that planned by the Trump administration, could have grave impacts on Africa.