The deep sea is a dark, cold place. It's just a few degrees above freezing, subject to immense pressure, and beyond the reach ...

A photographer captured this extraordinary site where whales' bodies lie in the shallows, with troubling repercussions for the deep oceans.

Researchers from the University of Delaware’s College of Earth, Ocean and Environment helped lead the charge of underwater ...

When we dream of landscapes, we might imagine rolling valleys or rugged mountains. But there is a whole landscape hidden from human view: the secret world of the seafloor.

"I’ve been down 3,000 feet alone in the ocean, which has got to be one of the loneliest places on the planet," Widder says.

We have visually explored less than 0.001 percent of the deep sea floor. To put that in perspective, 66 percent of the planet is deep ocean, and 99.999 percent of that ocean is unknown to us. Like ...

The ocean is home to some of the strangest-looking creatures in the world. It seems that the deeper you go, the stranger the sea life becomes. The coffinfish is one example. Also known as the sea toad ...

In 2024, researchers made a groundbreaking discovery in the Pacific Ocean's Clarion-Clipperton Zone, finding that oxygen increased over two days to more than three times the background concentration ...

The world’s oceans are on the brink of a major disaster if controversial plans to start deep sea mining in international waters go ahead as early as next year, an expert has warned. Dr. Sandor Mulsow, ...

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 ...

In the past, scientists, industry and government have worked together in surprising, tense and fruitful ways Christian Elliott A variety of marine creatures and unique features can be found in the ...

W HAT HAPPENS in the sea matters to everyone on land, because life in the sea underpins habitability on Earth. The ocean acts as a planetary thermostat. It regulates the climate, produces oxygen, ...