China has tested an autonomous deep-sea robot capable of drilling and monitoring inside seabed strata during a South China ...

A new study in Nature Communications found that deep-sea mining waste may turn into "basically junk food" for plankton — the tiny organisms that form the base of the ocean's food chain. As companies ...

Drilling for minerals deep in the ocean could have immense consequences for the tiny animals at the core of the vast marine food web — and ultimately affect fisheries and the food we find on our ...