Trawlers off southern India caught a deep-sea creature with a regrown tail later identified by scientists as a new species, a study said. Getty Images/iStockphoto Hundreds of feet down in the ...

Trawlers off southern India caught a deep-sea creature with a regrown tail later identified by scientists as a new species, a study said. Getty Images/iStockphoto Hundreds of feet down in the ...

The world’s largest zinc smelter is taking a stake in a deep-sea mining company as it seeks to diversify its sources of metals away from China.

Trace metals such as iron or zinc that are stored in deep-sea sediments are lost forever to phytoplankton on the ocean surface. This is what geochemists believed for a long time about the cycle of ...

Marketplace contributor Daniel Ackerman says deep-sea mining companies are innovating for how to efficiently mine rare Earth minerals — but scaling this work is still a big question.

As competing interests vie for access to the deep sea, the rules that govern it must be anchored in fairness, equity and science.

Marine experts say governments must protect fragile ecosystems from destructive practices such as bottom trawling and deep sea mining to combat the climate crisis.

China's Meng Xiang drill ship aims to reach Earth's Moho, advancing deep-sea exploration and asserting maritime power in the South China Sea.

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 ...

Experts alarmed over Trump’s promotion of deep-sea mining in international waters Critics call for an industry moratorium until more scientific data can be obtained.

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.

Freshwater may soon flow from the deep sea to drought-stricken coastal cities. A handful of companies are exploring how deep-sea pressures can replace the energy-intensive pumps and toxic ...