Deep-sea mining could unleash clouds of debris that threaten a mysterious, vital ecosystem we barely understand.

An oddly shaped deep-sea fish recently washed up on an Oregon beach, catching the attention of a local aquarium. The Seaside Aquarium identified the fish as a longnose lancetfish.

In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...

Deep-sea mining endangers rare species, threatening biodiversity in the ocean's depths and raising critical questions about ...

Ocean Conservancy warns the "deeply dangerous" executive order will have far-reaching implications beyond the United States.

A new study analyzes the evolutionary history of 11 deep-sea species from environments stretching from the central Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean and found that all species contained the ...

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a fellow. BERGEN ...

On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order that aims to permit, for the first time, industrial mining of the ...

A strange video from the South Atlantic Ocean showed parasites on a deep-sea fish. These parasites, Lophoura szidati copepods, looked like they had pigtails. They clung to the head of a rattail ...

In a recent deep-sea research expedition reported by Animals Around The Globe, scientists have identified what may be the ...

Illustration by Emily Lankiewicz / CDeepSea / University of Bergen / ROV Aegir6000 At the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge off ... coral science in the deep sea, bottom trawl fishing was exploding in ...

President Donald Trump wants federal agencies to fast-track applications for deep-sea mining in an effort to make the United ...