Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

The new species was found in the South China Sea, a contested body of water in southeastern Asia that borders Brunei, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam.

The deep sea provides food to many species in shallower waters, like the swordfish, which dives up to 1,200 meters to feed. Related We’re protecting the ocean wrong ...

Humanity has only explored 0.001% of the deep sea, according to a May 2025 study.Getty Images Reporter The Trump Administration signed an executive order late last month aiming to fast-track ...

With so little known about this isolated part of the deep sea, every slimy copepod and wriggly fish becomes a clue into how biodiversity changes across underwater borders.

There is currently no commercial deep-sea mining happening anywhere in the world, though companies have been pushing for years. They appear to have found a new champion in Trump.

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.

The deep sea refers to the part of the ocean below 200 meters (656 ft.), at which light begins to disappear. Despite making up more than 90% of the Earth’s marine environment, ...

There is currently no commercial deep-sea mining happening anywhere in the world, though companies have been pushing for years. They appear to have found a new champion in Trump.