Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet—where creatures glow and life survives under crushing pressure.

Some of the species recorded on the seafloor are believed to be hundreds of years old, researchers said. ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute In January, an iceberg the size of Chicago broke away ...

Marine ecosystems in the deep ocean show little sign of recovery even decades after experimental mining, according to new ...

Scientists surveying deep-sea life off an island in southeast Asia captured a tantalizing glimpse into the life of a poorly known and mysterious ocean animal. Last November, a team of researchers ...

A calving iceberg exposed a region that never before had been seen by human eyes, revealing a vibrant, thriving ecosystem ...

Scientists said they have seen the first signs of life returning to deep sea mining tracks carved into the abyssal seabed ...

Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet – where creatures glow and life survives under crushing pressure. This is the midwater zone, a hidden ecosystem that begins ...

In the global race for critical minerals, one little-known international agency has long held the keys to a potential motherlode — vast quantities of metals located on the remote seafloor.

Marine life in the deep ocean can take decades to recover from the impact of deep-sea mining for rare metals, new research shows. A study published in the journal Nature found that the site of a ...