The ocean's deep-sea bed is scattered with ancient rocks, each about the size of a closed fist, called "polymetallic nodules.

Watching the deep sea can often feel like sci-fi. But a recent video from the ocean’s depths has stunned even seasoned scientists — showing two parasites firmly attached to a fish’s head ...

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order looking to increase deep sea mining, drawing concerns for ...

Now he’s eyeing the global seabed that holds vast troves of critical metals for green technologies but is controlled by ... Union are loath to give up their mandate to regulate deep sea mining for the ...

Like other deep-sea animals, the new species must “survive in extreme environmental conditions” with no light, minimal oxygen, low temperatures, high water pressure and general food scarcity ...

We’ve got better visuals of Mars than we do of our own ocean floor—and by a much larger margin than you’d think. A new study in Science Advances crunched the numbers from 43,681 deep-sea ...

The head of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) on Wednesday criticized US President Donald Trump's order to fast-track deep-sea mining in the open ocean outside American territorial waters.

A recent executive order from U.S. President Donald Trump to invest in deep sea mining operations could have dire environmental consequences, according to a northern Ontario mining expert.