With a $621,000 award from NASA, University of Massachusetts Amherst microbiologist James Holden will dedicate the next three years to “predicting” the nature of life on Europa.

Barely a nautical mile separates L’Estartit from one of the Mediterranean's best-kept secrets: the Medes Islands. This small Catalan archipelago, protected for over 40 years, attracts divers and ...

Spain’s Costa Brava has long been a magnet for the jet set, its pebbled calas and charming fishing villages luring everyone from Truman Capote and Marcel Duchamp to Ava Gardner. While you could easily ...

Moment of Science: A deeper look into deep sea diving The API failed to deliver the resource. Meteorologist Chandlor Jordan takes a deeper look into deep sea diving for this Moment of Science.

UN Ocean Conference opens in France with 60 leaders debating deep-sea mining, marine protection zones, and calls for a global ocean conservation treaty.

Deep-sea diving can be an incredible experience with countless coral beds and marine life to explore. However, as one diver recently discovered, these explorations aren’t without their risks. A ...

Politics Trump’s New Executive Order Promotes Deep Sea Mining in US and International Waters While Bypassing International Law Critics call for an industry moratorium until more scientific data ...

The deep sea begins roughly 200 meters below the surface, at the depth where sunlight disappears. It makes up more than 90% of the ocean’s volume, yet most of what lies beneath remains a mystery.

Stunning photos of mesophotic corals, deep-sea diving gear in action, and divers conducting restoration efforts on the seafloor. A video of restoration work by the Saturation Detachment of NEDU.

A tiny deep sea robot took a dive into Earth's deepest trench Small robots could be the next big step for deep sea exploration.

The research that gave rise to the dark oxygen discovery was partly funded by a Canadian deep-sea mining business, The Metals Company, that wanted to assess the ecological impact of such exploration.