There is high global demand for critical metals, and many countries want to try extracting these sought-after metals from the ...

The deep sea around Antarctica just got a whole lot weirder as researchers have discovered at least 30 previously unknown ...

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, ...

When a tree falls along the coastline or driftwood flows down a river and into the sea, the tree’s trunk and branches haven’t met their final resting place. Over time, slowly, the wood makes its way ...

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

The deep sea has many new discoveries waiting for us, including a newly discovered species called the "death ball" sponge.

Thousands of meters below the ocean's surface lurk some gigantic creatures, much larger than their shallow-water brethren. Scientists have a few hunches for why this happens, but the debate continues.

Over a period of five years, researchers sampled the deep-sea floor of the CCZ three times before and one time two months ...

We’re all familiar with La Jolla’s sea lions, harbor seals, orcas, garibaldi and seabirds. But in this new series of stories called Species of the Month, the Light will shed light on other, ...

Ecologically important Diadema africanum almost eliminated by unknown disease in Canary Islands ...