Also known as "volcano snails," these gastropods grow a suit of metal-enriched scaly armor and have an enormous heart, which ...

Conservationists say retrieving mineral-rich rocks will destroy sea life. Environmental studies show conflicting results.

The thing that people have missed is that there is zero chance that this will not happen,” Gerard Barron, CEO of The Metals ...

Half a century after the world's first deep sea mining tests picked nodules from the seafloor off the US east coast, the ...

A recent exploration of the deepest point in the Mediterranean Sea has uncovered something totally unexpected.

Together with Aquatica Submarines, billionaire Branson, Cousteau's grandson Fabien and National Geographic's Erik Bergman ...

It turns out that some fish lineages—such as those from the eel family—may have lived in the deep sea before the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction. Other groups, including today’s Hadal fish at the ...

The practice of deep-sea mining involves using machinery to remove ... now effectively been put on notice to avoid a race to the bottom of the ocean. "If you have the U.S. pursue this 'go at ...

The practice of deep-sea mining involves using machinery to remove ... now effectively been put on notice to avoid a race to the bottom of the ocean. "If you have the U.S. pursue this 'go at ...

Where are the data to validate your assertion that deep-sea mining will be better for the environment than mining on land (“Race to the bottom”, May 3rd)? Large-scale land-based mining ...

The mission was so remote that often the closest humans to the vessel were on the International Space Station. View on ...