President Donald Trump has signed an executive order intended to expedite offshore mining and open new opportunities for extracting critical materials from the ocean floor despite the objections of ...

The order seeks swift permits for mining nickel, cobalt and other minerals from the sea floor. Critics say it threatens both ocean life and global agreements.

President Donald Trump thew into turmoil a global effort to limit mining in the deep sea, signing an order to open up ...

The new species were found in the East China Sea, a body of water off the eastern coast of China, south of Japan and South ...

President Trump signed an executive order Thursday that aims to jump-start mining on the ocean floor. Large-scale deep sea ...

“This executive order flies in the face of NOAA’s mission. NOAA is charged with protecting, not imperiling, the ocean and its economic benefits, including fishing and tourism; and scientists agree ...

The administration moves to sidestep U.N. body governing the ocean floor and the harvesting of minerals and metals in ...

President Donald Trump is trying to fast track a brand new, highly controversial industry – mining critical minerals in the ...

The resuspension of seafloor sediments—triggered by human activities such as bottom trawling as well as natural processes ...

A recent video from the South Atlantic Ocean captured bizarre, pigtail-like parasites clinging to a deep-sea rattail fish at ...

Scientists have found scour marks on the seabed made by giant icebergs about 18,000 years ago, and they could offer clues to ...

What really happens deep beneath the surface? This offshore fishing trip gets a high-tech twist as a baited camera reveals ...