The U.S. push to mine international waters for metals defies global efforts to control and protect these fragile ecosystems.

Art meets science: See the first detailed illustration of an ancient deep-sea mountain by Jessica Colarossi, Boston University Editors' notes ...

A new species of flapjack octopus, with massive eyes and blood-red tentacles, has been discovered from a deep-sea canyon off the coast of Australia.

Trump has opened the deep sea for business, risking fragile environments we know nothing about Defying international law, the Trump admin wants to move ahead with deep sea mining that threatens ...

A new study claims that we know more about the surface of Mars than we do about our own oceans. Despite covering over 70% of Earth’s surface, the vast majority of the deep sea remains unexplored.

There is currently no commercial deep-sea mining happening anywhere in the world, though companies have been pushing for years. They appear to have found a new champion in Trump.

The find, which was accomplished by a team of Canadians with the aid of state-of-the-art deep-sea submersibles, provides the first direct confirmation that the Pacific white skate (Bathyraja ...

Humans have observed less than 0.001% of the deep seafloor—an area roughly the size of Rhode Island—according to new research.

The Science Behind Mining for Riches on the Deep-Sea Floor Conservationists say retrieving mineral-rich rocks will destroy sea life. Environmental studies show conflicting results.

“Ocean,” now on view on the coast of Denmark, fuses past with present, and art with science to raise urgent questions about our relationship with the sea.