The U.S. push to mine international waters for metals defies global efforts to control and protect these fragile ecosystems.

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

A new study reveals that microplastics are present in sediments throughout the Whittard Canyon – a submarine canyon off the ...

Company received a major boost in April when Trump issued an executive order asserting America’s right to mine beneath the ...

The Metals Company is applying for permission from the Trump administration to mine for nickel and cobalt beneath a remote ...

Deep-sea operations proposed by a Vancouver-based mining company could cause harm to a wide variety of species in the Pacific ...

Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and ...

Japan will try to mine the seabed in its Exclusive Economic Zone. Like the United States, India and Australia, Japan wants to ...

TOKYO: Japan will from January attempt to extract rare earth minerals from the ocean floor in the deepest trial of its kind, ...

Giant bodies of sand found under the North Sea flip the rules of geology and may reshape how experts approach underground ...

Most foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, ...