On April 24, President Trump signed an executive order promoting deep-sea mining in the US and international waters, touting ...

Conservationists say retrieving mineral-rich rocks will destroy sea life. Environmental studies show conflicting results.

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

From mysterious sea creatures being washed up on beaches, to the bizarre discovery of 'hoof prints' on the ocean floor, the ...

Marine scientists have captured images of a mysterious tentacled creature that lives more than 3 miles below the ocean surface.

A decade ago astrophysicists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), operated by the California ...

These marine invertebrates have other unique ... research and videos like this so valuable. The post These Creatures Are the Deep Sea’s Best Kept Secret appeared first on A-Z Animals.

And unlike the more mainstream animals under the sea — seahorses, sharks, and even deep sea anglerfish ... Unit of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument as part of a study ...

These spiny or slimy ocean creatures display an astonishing diversity of appearances, behaviors and lifestyles—and many are ...

Deep-sea mining could unleash clouds of debris that threaten a mysterious, vital ecosystem we barely understand.

In haunting footage captured about 1,604 feet (489 meters) under the sea, cameras captured the tubular crustaceans latched onto the fish’s back. Though the parasites’ presence might trigger your gag ...

A remotely operated submersible saw the “semi-gelatinous” animal lying on the ocean floor and “flying underwater.” Take a ...