While exploring the ocean in a deep-sea submersible, scientists say they discovered a flourishing ecosystem capable of ...

We know next to nothing about 99.999 percent of the seafloor. How one researcher plans to democratize deep-sea exploration.

Deep-sea vents, commonly referred to as nature’s chemical laboratories, are now discovered to be releasing rare and precious ...

Impossible Metals Bahrain has applied for a deep-sea mining exploration contract with the International Seabed Authority (ISA ...

India takes a major leap in ocean treasure hunt as Earth Sciences Ministry signs a significant agreement with the International Seabed Authority ...

NOAA is holding public hearings this week to vet a rule to speed permitting of exploration and mining of mineral-rich nodules in international waters.

Dumbo octopuses, like the Opisthoteuthis agassizii seen here during a 2019 dive, are the deepest-living group of octopuses known. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2019 Southeastern U.S.

Bob Ballard is still exploring the ocean seafloor 40 years after discovering the Titanic’s final resting place in the ...

The Trump administration announced this past week that it has entered talks with the Cook Islands to research and develop seabed mineral resources. The Polynesian archipelago is one of only a handful ...

The first exploration contract, signed in 2002, covers polymetallic nodules in a 75,000 sq km block in the Central Indian Ocean Basin.

Researchers have discovered three new species of deep-sea snailfish off the coast of California, including the bumpy ...