Palau President Surangel S. Whipps Jr. is taking his campaign against deep-sea mining to a global stage, and his message for ...

More than 71% of Earth is covered by oceans, but about 95% of them remain unexplored. Only about 20% of the seafloor has been ...

The Trump administration wants to allow deep-sea mining for critical minerals near the American territories of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. Residents are worried about environmental impacts.

The deepest parts of the ocean are among the most hostile environments on Earth. At depths approaching 11,000 meters in the Mariana Trench, the pressure outside a submersible becomes so intense that a ...

The Senate majority leader is standing up to the president and his MAGA stans on an issue that’s dividing the Republican party.

For the last 20 years, LACMA director Michael Govan has faced off with billionaires and bureaucrats to reinvent the ...

China's new deep-sea manned submersible Fendouzhe, or Striver, set a national diving record of 10,909 meters on Tuesday in ...

Somewhere along the way, the bar for romantic effort did not simply lower. It was gently placed on the floor, stepped over, and then celebrated as though it were an Olympic high jump. Welcome to The ...

The ocean with the maximum number of islands is a key feature of Earth’s geography and natural history. These islands were formed over millions of years due to volcanic eruptions, tectonic movements, ...

The vastness and mystery of the ocean have long captivated filmmakers, offering an atmospheric backdrop for some of the most ...