In 1917, a civil engineer pioneered the first deep-sea vehicle to attempt filming underwater. A century later, we have James ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean in the South China Sea, a robot named “discovery” searched the seafloor for life. Faxian, ...

Rules for the emerging deep-sea mining sector should take a "precautionary approach" that protects the environment, the head ...

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The deep sea, covering approximately 65% of Earth's surface, has long been considered a biological desert. In this extreme ...

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Rules on deep-sea mining in international waters must be driven by "sound science" and built on consensus, the head of the ...

Life down there plays by a completely different set of rules, with creatures that have adapted in ways we can barely imagine.

Footage of a submersible capturing some intriguing footage of a pre-historic sea animal has resurfaced, as it was making its ...

Mining of polymetallic nodules from the seabed might lead to significant and long-lasting ecological changes -- both in the mined area, where surface sediments and the fauna living in and on it are ...

The mysterious deep sea creature the Greenland shark swims around in the 'midnight zone, and new footage has revealed it in ...

New species of shark, sea butterfly, mud dragon, bamboo coral, water bear, octocoral, and shrimp were just some of the marine ...