Orpheus Ocean of New Bedford, Massachusetts is building robotic vehicles to descend into extreme depths to collect data from the seafloor.

The new deep-sea atlas underscores Beijing’s interest in ocean mining, its military ambitions and its claims to disputed waters.

Learn how a dramatic climate shift in the Pacific may have wiped out an entire underwater ecosystem deep below the Galápagos — and it could happen again.

Conservationists say retrieving mineral-rich rocks will destroy sea life. Environmental studies show conflicting results.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A mechanical claw holds a polymetallic nodule, one of several seafloor sources of critical minerals. ROV-Team/GEOMAR via Wikimedia, CC BY You may be hearing a lot lately about critical ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with a sudden wave of volcanic sediment, leaving them suffocated. Four months later, Marcus Chaknova, then a marine biology and geology ...

Deep-sea mining targets mineral deposits on the ocean floor, typically at depths of 3,000–6,000 meters. Most attention focuses on polymetallic nodules—potato-sized rocks lying on abyssal plains—and on cobalt-rich crusts that coat seamounts.

Dive into the abyss and discover 25 terrifying deep sea creatures living in the most extreme ocean depths. From anglerfish to goblin sharks, explore these

Global negotiations over the future of the deep sea are underway this week in Kingston, Jamaica where member states of the International Seabed Authority have gathered to continue shaping a regulatory framework for commercial mining in international waters.

The biggest sea sponge on record, estimated to be thousands of years old and bigger than a car, was discovered by a team of NOAA scientists off Hawaii.