China has successfully tested its first domestically developed robot capable of conducting three-dimensional drilling ...

CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — Some four miles off the Southern California coast, a company is betting it can solve one of ...

For more than 60 years, the ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) was one of the ocean’s greatest mysteries.

The most transformative deep sea finding in a generation is not a single strange animal or a record-breaking trench, but ...

A mining-machine test on the deep-ocean floor resulted in species diversity declining by roughly 32% in the tracks of the ...

Despite crushing pressure, total darkness and near-freezing temperatures, researchers found an underwater world teeming with ...

Scientists discovered that deep-sea vents are tapping hydrogen from buried sediments, reshaping ideas about where ocean ...

Tokyo set to make world’s first attempt to continuously lift rare-earth-rich mud from a depth of around 6,000m ...

Tokyo has begun a seabed mining trial near Minamitori Island as it seeks to cut reliance on Chinese rare earth supplies.

Scientists have finally photographed a whale known only from sounds and remains, linking a mysterious deep-sea signal to a ...

A deep-sea search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has begun in the Indian Ocean, reviving efforts to solve one of ...

Oceans shape everyday life in powerful ways. They cover 70% of the planet, carry 90% of global trade, and support millions of ...