Suddenly the dark waters lit up with a “starry”-looking glow. The source? An unusual new species of deep-sea animal. “Everyone in the control room let out a loud ‘Oooooh!’ at the same time.

The U.S. Department of the Interior said Tuesday that it’s beginning the process of selling deep-sea mining leases after a request from startup Impossible Metals (previously Impossible Mining).

They observe that the deep sea is one of the last places on the planet not yet directly exploited by humans. Mr Trump is as unlikely to care about all those exotic creatures as he is about ...

The Donald Trump administration is making plans that could set the stage for deep-sea mining off the coast of American Samoa. The move comes after an executive order from President Donald Trump ...

Deep-sea mining firm The Metals Co. asked the Trump administration today to approve its plans to mine the international seabed, making it the first such company to seek the government’s ...

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Tuesday the Chinese research vessel recently seen near Ilocos Norte was “worrisome” because the ship has deep sea mapping capabilities for submarine deployment.

The filing is expected to spark a complex legal battle since the Jamaica-based International Seabed Authority, a U.N. agency that regulates international deep-sea waters, has the power to ...

These concerns have been “made more severe by the fact that the recent permit request is for mining in the deep sea outside of the jurisdiction of the United States.” A direct corollary of the ...

has both extended the duration and increased the rate of the so-called windfall tax - Danny Lawson/AFP Shell faces paying an extra £380m in tax following Rachel Reeves’s raid on North Sea oil ...

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READ: China urges PH: Don’t play with fire on Taiwan issue “It’s worrisome in a way because these Chinese research vessels have the capability for deep-sea mapping. And there is a possibility that ...