Montagna estimates it could take 50 years for the northern gulf’s deep-sea ecosystem to fully recover. Mesophotic corals and crinoids on Bright Bank, near the Flower Garden Banks National Marine ...

The first of this year’s geo-walks on the Northumberland Coast National Landscape will be on Tuesday 29th April starting at ...

Scientists in the South China Sea scooped up some muck, sifted through it and found the “rarely encountered” animal. Take a ...

A remotely operated submersible saw the “semi-gelatinous” animal lying on the ocean floor and “flying underwater.” Take a ...

Here’s what we know so far. The idea of deep-sea mining has been around for about 150 years. The British warship HMS Challenger in March 1873 hauled up “several peculiar black oval bodies which were ...

In haunting footage captured about 1,604 feet (489 meters) under the sea, cameras captured the tubular crustaceans latched onto the fish’s back. Though the parasites’ presence might trigger your gag ...

President Donald Trump has issued an executive order aimed at opening U.S. waters to deep-sea mining. Many conservatives and industry groups contend the order is meant to break America's ...

Deep-sea mining firm The Metals Co. asked the Trump administration today to approve its plans to mine the international seabed, making it the first such company to seek the government’s ...

President Donald Trump is trying to fast track a brand new, highly controversial industry – mining critical minerals in the deep sea. Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing the ...

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to open both US and international waters to deep-sea mining, ignoring a global treaty that controls the high seas. Canadian mining group The ...