The international legal order is floundering. The geopolitical and resource policy priorities of the United States are ...

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

Scientists map microplastics across ocean depths, revealing their deep spread, persistence, and potential climate impact.

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

This sequence, which comes about 30 minutes into Last Breath, is a terrifying race to safety as the two experienced divers ...

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

Sea slugs use bold, bright colors under sunlight to warn predators of their toxic traits. These colors are easier for fish to ...

Jordan Robins is an ocean photographer with a spectacular collection of sea life photos. Many of his images uniquely capture ...

is not malice—but poisoning from their own ocean habitat. At the Marine Mammal Care Center in Los Angeles, staff are facing an unprecedented crisis. “The sea lions are coming in almost comatos ...

No commercial deep sea mining has ... for authorization under the US mining regulations rather than going through the ISA process. Scientists warn that mining the deep ocean, the planet’s ...

The past ice age created very different sea levels from our existing ocean levels, which reached their lowest point around 25,000 years ago. The former volcanic islands from earlier geological periods ...