Researchers are not even halfway through analyzing the thousands of samples collected from the Southern Ocean, but they've ...

Diverse life forms exist on and within the ocean floor. These primarily consist of microbes, tiny organisms that can cope ...

Underneath the ocean's surface lies a vast and ancient world. As demand for sustainable technologies increases, attention is ...

Commercial vessels, particularly fishing boats, are known sources of ocean plastic, losing up to a million tons of plastic gear at sea every year. For this study, researchers looked beyond what ...

The Japanese deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu has been officially recognized by Guinness World Records for descending to the ...

A research team from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

Beneath the waves of the high seas, beyond the national borders of any country, lies the deep seabed. Known in international ...

Documentation provides one of the most detailed observations of seafloor biodiversity and habitats at these depths ...

Deep sea mining has disastrous consequences for marine life, many of which are still unknown to oceanographers.

The aquariums said its aerial survey team spotted three True’s beaked whales, a species “rarely seen at the surface,” while above the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument off the ...

New research has found that deep-sea mining in international waters could threaten at least 30 species of sharks, rays and ...

Notable sightings along the way included the discovery of an extensive crinoid meadow at a depth of 9,100 meters (29,855 feet ...