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

In the inky blackness nearly 10,000 meters below the Pacific Ocean, scientists have discovered strange animals that may hold ...

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

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

There is high global demand for critical metals, and many countries want to try extracting these sought-after metals from the ...

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

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

A spherical sea sponge discovered in Antarctica, Carnivorous cladorhizid, is a carnivore, trapping and devouring live animals ...

NEW YORK (AP) — An underwater voyage has revealed a network of creatures thriving at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches. In these extreme environments, the crushing pressure, scant food and lack of ...

The deep-sea's midnight zone, a realm of crushing pressure and absolute darkness, harbors extraordinary creatures. These animals have evolved remarkab ...

The vast array of organisms in the deep sea remains a mystery to humans. Now, marine biologists can add one more puzzle to the list. A collection of odd materials was discovered nearly four miles ...

Machines mining minerals in the deep ocean have been found to cause significant damage to life on the seabed, scientists carrying out the largest study of its kind say.