Proponents say they want to dredge the seafloor for metals needed for clean technology. Indigenous Pacific Islanders call it a threat to life, culture, and the ocean itself.

Deep-sea mining is back on Washington’s radar (or should that be sonar?) under President Donald Trump. Mineral-rich nodules ...

Researchers identified 24 new creatures and an entire superfamily of species in the Pacific, all while NOAA moves to ...

With growing interest in mining critical metals from the seafloor, countries are now negotiating international rules. The Trump administration is forging ahead on its own, speeding up environmental ...

This bizarre-looking fish may seem otherworldly, but every part of its design solves a real problem: how to see, hunt and ...

After sitting on the sidelines for nearly 30 years, the United States is preparing to dive into deep-sea mining. While the U.S. has long deferred to laws established by the U.N. Convention on the Law ...

Deep-sea fish, a group of inhabitants of the most light-deprived and harsh environments on our planet, have been discovered to possess a vision similar to humans. This groundbreaking finding not only ...

The deep-sea environment, long considered remote and inhospitable, is increasingly acknowledged as a reservoir of remarkable fungal biodiversity. Detailed studies have revealed that fungi inhabit ...