The U.S. push to mine international waters for metals defies global efforts to control and protect these fragile ecosystems.

Rising mountain peaks and sharp rock formations cover the ocean floor, with corals, sponges, fish, and tons of sea creatures clinging to their sides. Unlike mountains on land that dare climbers and ...

These tiny deep-water fish grow only about 4-inches long, and they don't swim. They "walk" about 130-feet down looking for prey, which they attract with the extra-long spine on their dorsal fin.

Deep-sea mining equipment being deployed by The Metals Company during a test expedition. The company hopes to extract nodules of critical minerals from the seabed.

A deep sea-mapping company has created the first-ever full-sized digital scan of the Titanic, revealing an entirely new view of the world's most famous shipwreck. The 1912 sinking of the Titanic ...

Scientists discover new giant fish species off Japan's coast 02:34. A sunny winter day in 2016 found marine biologist Yoshihiro Fujiwara anchored off the coast of central Japan, measuring pudgy ...

Companies want to deep sea mine — even without a rulebook Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals.

The other known octopus nursery is about 3,200 meters (2 miles) below the ocean surface on the Davidson Seamount off the coast of Monterey, California, where thousands of octopuses cluster around ...

Nodules containing nickel, cobalt, and manganese rest top these core samples taken from the deep ocean floor, San Diego, Calif., June 8, 2021. Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images, FILE ...

Deep-sea mining has been approved for testing in the Pacific Ocean by the International Seabed Authority for the first time since the 1970s. The move has drawn widespread condemnation from ...

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