(Corrects paragraph 3 to reflect firms are seeking to extract minerals rather than are currently extracting) By Emma Farge ...

The snails and other mollusks around hydrothermal vents have evolved to thrive in extreme conditions, but mineral extraction ...

For the first time, researchers have filmed the elusive goblin shark alive in the deep ocean where it naturally lives. The ...

Scientists from Argentina’s national research council completed a 20-day submarine expedition in the summer of 2025 that ...

Madeira unveiled two autonomous submarines costing $7 million. Discover how these robots will map the deep Atlantic and track ...

In the ocean's twilight zone, where the reach of the Sun fades to nothing, an epic migration begins every time night falls.

A new study suggests that deep-sea life reaps the benefits of icebergs’ castoffs — a rare silver lining as a warming planet ...

Scientists have captured the first-ever footage of the elusive barreleye fish in the Atlantic while discovering two new hydrothermal vent fields and thriving deep-sea ecosystems.

Valve founder Gabe Newell is funding a €700 million research vessel designed to explore the ocean’s deepest regions and ...

Rules on deep-sea mining in international waters must be driven by "sound science" and built on consensus, the head of the body charged with regulating the divisive practice said Thursday. Deep-sea ...

Hidden deep beneath the Indian Ocean, researchers have discovered what may be the world's oldest and largest whale graveyard, ...

Off Norway, archaeologists have located a largely preserved shipwreck that offers an unusually vivid glimpse of 18th-century ...