Photographer Ryo Minemizu captures vibrant images of tiny, rarely seen ocean creatures during challenging blackwater dives at ...

Scientists used an autonomous underwater vehicle to image previously unexplored, ultra-deep waters near the abyss of the ...

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

The deep ocean remains one of Earth’s last great frontiers — a pitch-black, high-pressure world where sunlight never reaches ...

Human waste, mostly plastic, was found in abundance at the deepest part of the Mediterranean called the Calypso Deep, 3.1 ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

Rui Bao, professor of deep-sea science at the Ocean University of China, said the GHEP programme “serves our national marine science development and strategy”.

Purchasing seafood isn't just expensive, it's also loaded with questions around sustainability and health. This deep sea fish ...

From deep-diving whales to jellyfish with long trailing tentacles, these deep-sea creatures highlight how much we still have to learn about life in the ocean’s depths.

These included calls to “acknowledge the deep ocean’s critical role, and the scale of what we still do not know” and to “pause potentially risky interventions” until those uncertainties are reduced.

Noise pollution from deep-sea mining carries an invisible risk for sea life, warn researchers, urging greater transparency from the industry to help mitigate the harms.

Noise from deep sea mining will bring unpredictable ecological consequences to the Pacific Ocean.