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

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

The deep sea around Antarctica just got a whole lot weirder as researchers have discovered at least 30 previously unknown ...

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 deep sea has many new discoveries waiting for us, including a newly discovered species called the "death ball" sponge.

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

Sponges are some of the simplest and least dangerous animals on Earth, but a new species seems to be shooting for a cooler ...

Learn about the deep sea squid that was found buried in mud, sticking its tentacles out to blend in with the environment.

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

The findings indicate that the overall ecological impact of the mining activity was milder than feared, but there was still a ...

Researchers aboard a deep-sea submarine spotted a new species on a volcanic ledge off the coast of Japan. Chen C, Tsuda M, Ishitani Y (2025) Zoosystematics and Evolution About 300 miles off the coast ...