Rules on deep-sea mining in international waters must be driven by "sound science" and built on consensus, the head of the body charged with regulating the divisive practice said Thursday. Deep-sea ...

Since July 19, a crew on the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Okeanos ship has conducted regular surveys of the abyssal plains near the Cook Islands in the South Pacific ...

A bright yellow coral found deep off Costa Rica is so different from known corals that scientists created a new species, ...

Two weeks of exploration in the tropical South Atlantic produced a startling biological inventory: 31 organisms that ...

The finding shows how life spreads between isolated deep-sea vents — and how closely those ecosystems are tied to the sunlit ocean.

From the East Pacific Rise in the Pacific Ocean to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the Atlantic, researchers from the University of Delaware’s College of Earth, Ocean and Environment led the charge of ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a little over halfway through a nearly month-long deep sea ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This undated image provided by Peng Zhou shows a Chinese submersible recovering fossilized whale bones from the deep seafloor, ...

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