Deep-sea fish thrive in extreme pressure, darkness, and pollution, revealing new survival mechanisms and threats.

Could lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean be making oxygen in the absence of sunlight?

After more than a decade of negotiations, a new round of talks to finalize a code to regulate deep-sea mining in ...

A research team led by Sam Purkis, a professor and chair of the Department of Marine Geosciences at the University of Miami, used remotely operated submersibles and deep-sea probes to explore the ...

Researchers say the new footage of the deep sea fish may be the first live sighting of the creature in daylight near the ocean's surface A creature from the ocean's dark depths made the trek to ...

For the first time, a deep sea angler fish was spotted last week in daylight. The incident was iconic, especially for the shark research organization Condrik Tenerife. This shark and stingray ...

deep-sea minerals may have less waste and tailings issues than terrestrial mining. Meanwhile, Azuma says profound gaps exist in our basic knowledge about deep-sea ecosystems and resilience to ...