While exploring the ocean in a deep-sea submersible, scientists say they discovered a flourishing ecosystem capable of ...

What if the answer to the world’s growing water crisis was hidden in the depths of the ocean? For decades, the idea of turning seawater into drinkable freshwater has been plagued by high costs, ...

We know next to nothing about 99.999 percent of the seafloor. How one researcher plans to democratize deep-sea exploration.

Deep-sea fish, a group of inhabitants of the most light-deprived and harsh environments on our planet, have been discovered ...

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning circulation—play a pivotal role in shaping the diversity and function of microbial life ...

The ocean holds gold, but dreams of instant riches are far-fetched. While gold exists in seawater, its concentration is ...

The Trump administration announced this past week that it has entered talks with the Cook Islands to research and develop seabed mineral resources. The Polynesian archipelago is one of only a handful ...

Gold is present in seawater at unimaginably low levels. Scientists measure concentrations in femtomoles per litre, tiny ...

A man is believed to have drowned after falling into Thor’s Well on the Oregon coast, prompting a multi-agency response.