As world leaders prepare to attend the third U.N. Ocean Conference here next week, scientists are urging them to take action ...

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

On the political front, however, EU lawmaker Christophe Clergeau of the Socialists and Democrats, who heads the parliament's ...

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 ...

The U.S. wants to mine the deep sea. But economists warn that leaders aren't taking the full value of the oceans into account ...

As we celebrate World Ocean Day, new research shows the role that the ocean twilight zone plays in keeping the planet healthy ...

In the 1970s, when public interest in the oceans and what lives in them was picking up speed, Dr. Mary Elizabeth Livingston ...

Despite the federal government having dredging completed ahead of this year’s spring lobster season in North Rustico, P.E.I., ...

Let’s get one thing straight: this is not the Atlantic. What works for lobster boats on the East Coast does not seamlessly ...

The paper, led by University of Exeter (UK) professor Callum Roberts, argues that all extractive activities in the high seas -- including commercial fishing, deep-sea mining and oil exploration -- ...

The Stockbridge Bowl (Lake Mahkeenac) reflects the mountains and sky, creating a natural pause in anyone’s day. Fall brings a tapestry of colors that forces even the busiest travelers to stop and ...