Donald Trump has signed a controversial executive order aimed at stepping up deep-sea mining within US and in international ...

Companies are preparing to move forward with seabed mining, but a method for gathering critical minerals from the seafloor ...

Talks to develop rules for deep-sea mining are still ongoing through the International Seabed Authority (ISA), a process that ...

In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...

On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order that aims to permit, for the first time, industrial mining of the ...

The sea that once sustained generations is now stripped by deep-sea trawlers, leaving Gwadar’s fishermen adrift and uncertain ...

A recent video from the South Atlantic Ocean captured bizarre, pigtail-like parasites clinging to a deep-sea rattail fish at ...

Researchers caught a close-up video of a flying sea pig (aka, a sea cucumber), and it has what looks like 50 tiny hands.

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a fellow. BERGEN ...

President Donald Trump thew into turmoil a global effort to limit mining in the deep sea, signing an order to open up ...

Deep beneath the Indonesian waters, the Mimic Octopus showcases an extraordinary survival strategy. This master of disguise ...

Environmental groups are decrying an executive order signed by President Donald Trump to expedite deep-sea mining for ores and minerals, saying it could irreparably harm marine ecosystems and ...