The submersibles also offer unique experiences, including the flashes of light called bioluminescence that many deep-sea ...

Wildlife from the ocean's deepest trenches has a bit of a reputation on land, either due to their inherently alarming appearances or historic associations with bad tidings. However, The New York Times ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A crew conducting deep-sea explorations off the coast of Japan was shocked to discover a new species of sea snail living at depths ...

When the submarine plunged to about 1,500 meters below sea level, ecologist Jeff Drazen asked the pilots to cut the strobe lights that had been guiding them through the pitch-black waters. For a ...

A new study indicates that deep-sea mining could threaten at least 30 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras, many of which are already at risk of extinction. The authors found that seabed sediment ...

For all of humanity’s ventures to outer space, we’ve yet to see 99.999% of the deep-sea floor. In the latest subaquatic news, researchers discovered some 4,000 marine species, 88% of which were new ...

A team of scientists announced Tuesday they have developed new deep-sea landers specifically to test their contentious ...

Gathering minerals such as nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium from the seabed could affect everything from sponges to whales. The long-term effects of these extractions remain uncertain Amber X.

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 ...

Global negotiations over the future of the deep sea are underway this week in Kingston, Jamaica where member states of the International Seabed Authority have gathered to continue shaping a regulatory ...