Hawaiian gold coral in the deep ocean. (Photo credit: HURL) Layers of coral skeleton laid down over the past 1,000 years can be seen in this polished section of a deep sea coral. (Photo by M. McCarthy ...

The minerals that are being targeted form a critical part of the sea floor, and the sea floor is what life attaches to in the ...

The waters off American Samoa could come up for lease for mineral exploration under a process the Trump administration will ...

Marine experts say governments must protect fragile ecosystems from destructive practices such as bottom trawling and deep ...

The possibility of a gold rush at the ... many creatures live in the deep seabed, including microbes, sea worms, mollusks, octopuses, other-worldly fish species, coral and the adorable Casper ...

Some of the invertebrates, like corals or sponges, live for thousands of years. Like the rainforest, the deep sea is also extremely ... [which contain silver, gold, and other minerals].

The deep ocean needs to be studied, not mined, but the Trump administration is barreling ahead, violating international law.

The colonial false gold coral Savalia displaying bioluminescence in the Caribbean in 2009. Sönke Johnsen, CC BY-ND Octocorals can create coral gardens and animal forests in the oceans, particularly in ...

The nodules are also a unique habitat, like coral gardens in miniature ... CIA plot to recover a Russian nuclear submarine, using deep-sea mining as a cover story. The CIA leased a ship for ...