The Metals Company wants to be the first firm to commercially mine the seafloor. The study it funded suggests that mining ...

For all of humanity’s ventures to outer space, we’ve yet to see 99.999% of the deep-sea floor. In the latest subaquatic news, ...

Looking out of the Fendouzhe submersible, more than nine kilometres below the ocean surface, Mengran Du knew she was seeing ...

One of the most attractive targets for deep sea mining advocates is the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), a continent-sized ...

A new report reveals the results of a study exploring biodiversity in a region targeted for seabed mining—capturing baseline ...

An ocean-mining company has funded some of the most comprehensive scientific studies to date, and peer-reviewed results have ...

The findings contribute to a controversial debate that pits green technology against the environment.

Glowing sea animals use bioluminescence powered by luciferin to communicate, attract prey and defend themselves, turning the ...

A five-year-long investigation into how deep-sea mining impacts biodiversity has finally been published. View on euronews ...

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Far beneath the waves, animals evolve in strange and surprising ways, often becoming much larger than their shallow-water ...

The waters around Australia are hiding some bizarre creatures in the depths, and some of them look like they're not from this ...