Along certain parts of the ocean floor lies a bounty of rare minerals and metals, critical components for batteries, electric ...

Why might the U.S. be interested in deep-sea mining, and what are the environmental risks? Here's what you need to know.

Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, a Canadian startup says it will move ahead, whether or not rules are in ...

The Metals Company said it would apply for permits under a 1980 U.S. law, after President Trump signed an executive order calling for an increase in U.S. mineral production.

Most of what we know about the elusive creature comes from research on its remains found in whale stomachs, but scientists ...

The short high-definition footage was gathered by a submersible called Subastian, operated by the nonprofit Schmidt Ocean Institute ...

However, when he measured elevated oxygen levels at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean in 2013 ... in which they report that two strains of deep-sea bacteria can reduce nitrate to ammonia, a process that ...

The squid was captured on camera for the first time in the deep sea by an international team of researchers steering a ...

An experiment from 1979 to mine the deep sea has provided a rare opportunity to see how the fragile ecosystem at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean responds to disturbance. The researchers have found ...

ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute While most deep-sea ecosystems depend on nutrients ... for the newly exposed seafloor, reaching the bottom via a remotely operated vehicle on Jan. 25.