The deep sea, covering approximately 65% of Earth's surface, has long been considered a biological desert. In this extreme ...

Rules for the emerging deep-sea mining sector should take a "precautionary approach" that protects the environment, the head ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean in the South China Sea, a robot named “discovery” searched the seafloor for life. Faxian, ...

In 1917, a civil engineer pioneered the first deep-sea vehicle to attempt filming underwater. A century later, we have James ...

A newly discovered mechanism could explain the shock finding last year that oxygen is produced by metallic nodules on the ...

Hidden in the abyss of the Atacama Trench, Dulcibella camanchaca reveals itself as a unique predator adapted to the darkness.

The first phase of the MEER research was a joint effort of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the Institute of Deep-sea Science ...

Mining of polymetallic nodules from the seabed might lead to significant and long-lasting ecological changes -- both in the mined area, where surface sediments and the fauna living in and on it are ...

Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: a volcano scientist who does her work in the middle of the Pacific Ocean—at the ...

Thanks for following this live page today as we brought you the latest after the crash between an oil tanker and a cargo ship in the North Sea yesterday. We're pausing our coverage now for the ...

A massive sea creature has been found in the Pacific Ocean near Malaulalo, Solomon Islands. The creature stretches over 100 feet wide and is 300 years old.

The crash ignited a huge fire, which is still burning on one of the vessels in the North Sea, about 10 miles off the coast of Hull, a busy port and fishing center. Dozens of people were rescued ...