"Being able to study these remote and poorly-known deep-sea regions is a huge privilege." Experts warn ongoing crisis at ...

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

Cephalopods—the class of animals that comprises octopuses and squids—are ubiquitous throughout the ocean, including in the ...

With baseline data tracking 3,000 tonnes of polymetallic nodules at a depth of 4,280 metres, the study represents the largest ...

Some 1,400 kilometers off the coast of Chile, rare deep-sea creatures drift along a garden of sponges and corals that grow along the flanks of a 3,100-meter-tall undersea mountain. A monthlong survey ...

This secretive native of both sides of the Caribbean—from Belize to the British Virgin Islands—hides out on ledges and in caves of reefs up to 140 feet below the surface of the sea. Although not being ...

In 1888, researchers aboard the R/V Albatross began the world’s first concentrated marine research expeditions off California ...

The Ocean Exploration Trust observed the anemone feeding while a remotely operated camera was exploring the caldera rim of the Vailuluʻu Seamount in the South Pacific. Ocean Exploration Trust video ...

LONDON – The number of sea-floor animals fell by 37 per cent in a deep-sea mining exploration zone, according to a study published on Dec 5 probing the emerging industry’s impact on biodiversity. The ...

A massive heat wave is hitting the Pacific Ocean from Kamchatka to California. Water temperatures several degrees above normal span thousands of miles, though they have mostly stopped short of the ...