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

New research challenges the long-held belief that the Arctic Ocean was covered by a massive ice shelf during ice ages.

Human waste, mostly plastic, was found in abundance at the deepest part of the Mediterranean called the Calypso Deep, 3.1 ...

Environment This company wants to be the first to mine the ocean floor, with Trump’s help By Daniel Ackerman (NPR) June 30, 2025 7:34 a.m. 00:00 ...

Shell-rich rocks trace a mostly upward climb in ocean life, with each mass extinction slashing both diversity and biomass ...

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

In a video by the Ocean Exploration Trust, scientists return to a whale fall off the coast of British Columbia for the third ...

The deep ocean covers most of the planet. Gerard Barron wants his company to be the first to mine it. That's been his dream since 2001, when Barron's then-tennis partner asked him to invest in a ...

By creating glazed openings in unexpected places at Ocean Pavilion at the Seattle Aquarium, Seattle architecture firm LMN and ...

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

A new study found that the sea anemone, a member of the Cnidarian phylum, uses bilaterian-like techniques to form its body.

While scientists are still investigating the potential dangers of human exposure to microplastics, they've been linked to ...