Scientific divers have navigated a series of treacherous dives more than 330 feet deep in an attempt to unravel the mysteries ...

Halalaimus is a microscopic nematode genus commonly found in sediment on the seafloor. It lives 1–5 cm below the sediment ...

The Metals Company wants to be the first firm to commercially mine the seafloor. The study it funded suggests that mining ...

A new report reveals the results of a study exploring biodiversity in a region targeted for seabed mining—capturing baseline ...

One ocean-dwelling creature found in many tropic waters is known to be able to reserve its own life cycle, cheating death.

More than a dozen cold-stunned sea turtles were recently transferred from the New England Aquarium in Boston to Mystic ...

Experts tracked the sea lion, which had a rope around its neck, for over a month before they were able to catch up to it in ...

Lanice spongicola lives on a glass sponge, a deep-sea sponge with a skeleton made of silica, that rises from hard rock. The ...

New research highlights significant ecological risks from deep-sea mining, intensifying global debate over whether securing ...

Researchers retrieved reef monitoring devices that had been placed in deep coral reefs in Guam. The devices were placed up to 330 feet below the surface.