Scattered across an abyssal plain known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) are polymetallic nodules that are a potato-sized ...

Deep sea mining has been off limits thus far, both because it's awfully hard, and because governments haven't yet firmed up ...

A new study in Cell reveals that species living miles beneath the ocean’s surface have independently evolved the same genetic ...

A new study analyzes the evolutionary history of 11 deep-sea species from environments stretching from the central Indian ...

How far would you go for a good meal? For some of the ocean's top predators, maintaining a decent diet requires some ...

Eleanor Mortimer joins a team of marine biologists in her transporting, whimsical but ultimately melancholic first feature ...

Disturbances like these have the potential to disrupt ecosystems, extending far beyond the discharge depth. Declines in zooplankton populations can harm fish and other marine animal populations that ...

Cornell-led researchers drilled 7 km deep into the Japan Trench to study the fault behind the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, ...

Scientists have discovered a hidden ocean deep beneath Earth’s surface—one that could transform what we know about the planet ...

An abrupt announcement has rattled members of a little-known U.N. agency based in Jamaica that has protected deep ...

The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks. It faces ...