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

Fast-moving underwater avalanches, known as turbidity currents, are responsible for transporting vast quantities of ...

A riotous photography collection from a recent underwater mission off the coast of Chile shows new and fascinating deep-sea ...

Portugal has officially become the first country in the world to ban deep-sea mining in its waters, earning widespread praise ...

Rare-earth elements are crucial for electric batteries and devices, mining of which can lead to destruction of marine biodiversity, the study claims. Proper research has to be conducted into this to ...

The prohibition of Deep-Sea Mining in Portuguese territorial waters for 25 years was promulgated in Diário da República on ...

Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet—where creatures glow and life survives under crushing ...

Scientists hope their data can protect these fragile ecosystems and encourage in-depth research. Experts stunned after ...

Marine ecosystems in the deep ocean show little sign of recovery even decades after experimental mining, according to new ...

Fast-moving underwater avalanches, known as turbidity currents, are responsible for transporting vast quantities of ...

This weekend the M209 expedition ‘BASIS’ led by GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel has started. An international team is investigating the largely unexplored deep seas off the Cape Verde ...