Scattered across an abyssal plain known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) are polymetallic nodules that are a potato-sized prize for mining companies in search of materials needed for humanity's ...

Aquatic enthusiasts have a chance to join a virtual deep sea expedition with underwater explorers this week, as remotely ...

The specimens were the bycatch of a fishing vessel in the South China Sea, which researchers later bought to study.

Fresh advances in 3D scanning technology are making it possible to explore some of the hardest-to-reach and most fragile ...

Researchers and crewmembers aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute's Falkor (too), "seized upon the moment" and were richly ...

Scientists have issued a dark warning after making a disturbing discovery in the depths of the ocean. An international team ...

Researchers took advantage of a rare chance to explore a new expanse of seafloor exposed by the breakup of an Antarctic ice ...

A new documentary reveals the incredible results of a project to create 3D underwater scans of the doomed ocean liner RMS ...

A new species of anglerfish, “Gigantactis paresca,” discovered by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa oceanographers, was recently announced among the top 10 remarkable new marine species of 2024 by the ...

A colossal iceberg the size of Chicago has broken from a floating glacier in Antarctica, and like a retractable roof at a ...

Also known as the cow shark, the sixgill is considered rare amongst oceanologists. Which meant that when deep sea scientists ...

China has discovered large-scale integrated clastic oilfield in deep to ultra-deep layers for the first time in South China ...