For many years, the deep ocean has been seen as a nutrient-poor environment where microbes living in the water survive on ...

The Senckenberg Ocean Species Alliance (SOSA), in partnership with the scientific publisher Pensoft Publishers and science ...

A newly discovered deep-sea creature has become an unlikely Internet star. After appearing in a popular YouTube video, a rare ...

If you go down to the deep sea today you could be in for a big surprise. From dancing disco worms to majestic phantom jellyfish, the deep sea is full of wonders. For a group of researchers in Japan, ...

The chiton was first discovered in 2024 in the Izu-Ogasawara Trench at a depth of 5,500 meters. Ferreiraella populi belongs ...

While the Trump administration frames deep-sea mining as a ‘core national security and economic interest,’ dozens of countries warn of regulatory gaps, irreversible environmental risks - Anadolu Ajans ...

Its presence could make a minuscule fish downright jelly. Scientists were awestruck after discovering a schoolbus-sized ...

A Japanese research vessel has successfully drilled and retrieved deep-sea sediment containing rare earth minerals from the seabed near a remote island, Japan’s government announced Monday as the ...

(CNN) — Marine researchers exploring extreme depths say they have discovered an astonishing deep-sea ecosystem of chemosynthetic life that’s fueled by gases escaping from fractures in the ocean bed.

Japanese scientists confirm a new marine coral species, Corallizoanthus aureus, that glows in the dark and inhabits deep caves in the ocean.

The survey will take place in an area of 30,000 square miles being considered for mining that is adjacent to the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument, a pristine coral habitat that supports hundreds of ...