Hughes was going to do the unthinkable with it: mine manganese nodules right from the ocean floor. So, when the Glomar sailed ...

Scientists have long assumed the deep-sea Alicella gigantea was an uncommon survivor of the abyss.

Deep sea explorers want you to break out the "jazz hands" for this creature. On Nov. 4, the Schmidt Ocean Institute posted a video of one of its recent finds on Instagram. The nonprofit is dedicated ...

The deep-sea remains one of the most unexplored regions on Earth, due in large part to the immense challenges posed by its depth and vastness. Yet, the recent advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI) ...

Giant amphipod species Alicella gigantea, once thought to be very rare, is found to inhabit the majority of Earth's deep ...

A diver swims next to algae. Ecologists are keen to protect the sea bed, one of the planet's last untouched ecosystems, though companies see opportunity in rocks on the ocean floor which contain ...

Scientists present at the latest effort to hash out international rules for deep-sea mining say it's unclear if it's possible to restore damaged seafloor ecosystems—or how long it would take. One of ...

The ocean floor has billions of tons of rocks filled with important rare metals used for green technology. But a growing list of countries and corporations are calling for a moratorium on deep-sea ...

Resting on the bottom of the ocean are potato-sized nodules of valuable minerals that are more or less up for grabs. Multiple corporations and some nations are racing to build deep-sea drones that can ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on March 24, 2024. The original video can be viewed here. Something akin to the California Gold Rush is happening in the Eastern Pacific—an ...

Scientists want $60 million to try trapping carbon dioxide in the sea floor off the coast of Canada. They say reactive basalt rock across the planet could turn CO2 into rock at the bottom of the ocean ...

Deep sea mining has been off limits thus far, both because it's awfully hard, and because governments haven't yet firmed up regulations around extracting minerals offshore. That might soon change, as ...