Scientists have discovered that deep-water corals in the Galapagos region vanished for more than 1,000 years before ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ocean is full of surprises, and scientists are still finding creatures that seem almost unreal. From tiny reef animals to ...

Japan’s deepest ocean trenches are full of strange life, from record-setting fish to mysterious animals that still defy ...

For two decades, instruments bolted to the Atlantic seafloor have recorded the pulse of one of Earth’s most important ocean ...

Conservationists say retrieving mineral-rich rocks will destroy sea life. Environmental studies show conflicting results. | World News ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A mechanical claw holds a polymetallic nodule, one of several seafloor sources of critical minerals. ROV-Team/GEOMAR via Wikimedia ...

A new study offers the first direct evidence that deep-dwelling mesopelagic fish, which account for up to 94% of global fish biomass, excrete carbonate minerals at rates comparable to shallow-water ...

Global negotiations over the future of the deep sea are underway this week in Kingston, Jamaica where member states of the International Seabed Authority have gathered to continue shaping a regulatory ...

Deep-sea mining targets mineral deposits on the ocean floor, typically at depths of 3,000–6,000 meters. Most attention focuses on polymetallic nodules—potato-sized rocks lying on abyssal plains—and on ...

Deep sea mining has been off limits thus far, both because it's awfully hard, and because governments haven't yet firmed up regulations around extracting minerals offshore. That might soon change, as ...