Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet—where creatures glow and life survives under crushing ...

Could lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean be making oxygen in the absence of sunlight?

Beneath the Pacific Ocean southeast of Hawaii, a hidden treasure trove of polymetallic nodules can be found scattered across ...

A riotous photography collection from a recent underwater mission off the coast of Chile shows new and fascinating deep-sea ...

A newly discovered mechanism could explain the shock finding last year that oxygen is produced by metallic nodules on the ...

Separately, the researchers also developed a soft gripper, which can be attached to a rigid robot. It was tested in the South ...

Even though it's impossible, red oxygen was found at the sea's bottom. Is there a new source of oxygen in the deep sea? No ...

A debate has erupted within the scientific community over whether the so-called "dark oxygen" can be made without sunlight ..

The International Seabed Authority will convene in July to discuss this and other issues. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Some scientists think so, but others have challenged the claim that so-called "dark oxygen" is being produced in the lightless abyss of the seabed. Get any of our free email newsletters — news ...