Imagine a place on our planet so vast, so mysterious, that it has no owner. Picture a realm teeming with bizarre life forms, ...

In the depths of the ocean resides a creature that plays a surprisingly crucial role in our planet’s climate system. The ...

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The Metals Company (TMC) will instead seek permission from the U.S. to start deep-sea mining in the Pacific Ocean, rather than from the UN-affiliated International Seabed Authority (ISA).

A new study analyzes the evolutionary history of 11 deep-sea species from environments stretching from the central Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean and found that all species contained ...

One of their biggest power moves is a fierce bite. Sea otters have powerful teeth and even more powerful bites – an estimated 615 pounds of force. That’s about as much as a black bear.

Photo by Huang M-C, Kawai T (2025) At a fishing port in Taiwan, researchers bought four giant crustaceans hauled in as bycatch by a trawling vessel in the South China Sea. The deep-sea dwellers ...

Scientists have identified a new species of microscopic worms living in the ground below South African ... challenges the assumption that deep subsurface ecosystems cannot support multicellular life ...

A Vancouver-based company said it is seeking approval under United States law to mine several deposits in the Pacific Ocean — a move that could set up a collision with a United Nations body that ...

The White House is weighing an executive order that would fast-track permitting for deep-sea mining in international waters and let mining companies bypass a United Nations-backed review process ...