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

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

Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest ...

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

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

Deep sea pressure reverse osmosis at 400 to 600 meters drives membrane filtration, cutting energy use more than 50 percent ...

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

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

Far below the Pacific, scientists are mapping a hidden record of catastrophe carved into the seabed by ancient Cascadia ...

Thousands of meters below the ocean's surface lurk some gigantic creatures, much larger than their shallow-water brethren. Scientists have a few hunches for why this happens, but the debate continues.

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

With just about a week remaining before the federal comment deadline, more Guam senators are publicly joining the island's opposition to a controversial deep-sea mining proposal near the Marianas, rai ...