A biological methane filter on the seafloor can form much faster than scientists previously believed. An international ...

The Pacific Islands region, which stretches across almost a fifth of the world’s surface and holds vast amounts of untapped ...

Indian scientists have discovered a new deep-sea skate in the Arabian Sea. The species, Dipturus dhritiae, had remained ...

The Indian Ocean accounts for about a fifth of global ocean area, with 90% of it reaching deeper than 1,000 meters (3,280 ...

A new deep-sea habitat project has been launched by ocean technology and exploration company DEEP, which has announced plans to create a permanent human presence under the oceans by 2027. The new ...

Discover 16 fascinating facts about deep-sea creatures and how they survive, from the anglerfish to the transparent barreleye ...

Deep sea mining is deeply controversial across the Pacific but the US and New Zealand are teaming up to fund a Cook Islands ...

From the carnivorous death ball sponge to ghostly worms that glow yellow, these recent deep-sea finds prove the ocean is far ...

Deep-sea submersibles, microbial bioreactors, seafloor observatories, and molecular biology methods have promoted the discovery of new species in the deep sea, bringing new opportunities to study the ...

Off the volcanic ridges of the Eastern Pacific, deep beneath the surface where sunlight never reaches, a team of researchers has uncovered something extraordinary: a secret network of underwater caves ...

ROV missions are operated by a crew of scientists and technicians aboard a ship on the water's surface, who remotely guide a ...

Building everything necessary for fighting climate change is going require metal. There's plenty on the ocean floor. But extracting it is controversial because it involves deep sea mining. Building ...