Glass sponges are found along the deep sea, providing a hiding place for small critters along the seafloor. For one newly ...

In decades of deep-sea exploration, humans have observed less than 0.001% of the deep ocean floor - an area about the size of ...

With the prospect of deep-sea mining once again hitting the headlines, opposing parties remain locked in a bitter dispute.

The deep sea begins at about 200 meters below ... Some invertebrates can live for thousands of years, and the oldest known sea sponges have been dated to be 18,000 years old, said Lisa Levin ...

The minerals that are being targeted form a critical part of the sea floor, and the sea floor is what life attaches to in the ...