India rolls out an Access Pass system for deep-sea fishing in its EEZ, aiming to boost tuna exports, improve traceability and ...

Woods Hole, Mass. (January 28, 2026) — A new study led by scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), along with international partners, finds that proposed commercial fishing in the ...

Ciara Willis, foreground, and co-author Kayla Gardner pose with MOCNESS, a series of big nets that are used to target different ocean depths, on an August 2022 research expedition. How far would you ...

"Our results challenge the longstanding idea that rods and cones are two fixed, clearly separated cell types. Instead, we ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - For more than a century, biology textbooks have stated that vision among vertebrates - people included - is built from two clearly defined cell types: ...

The Trump administration announced this past week that it has entered talks with the Cook Islands to research and develop seabed mineral resources. The Polynesian archipelago is one of only a handful ...

The Pacific Ocean’s seabed is rich in critical metals such as cobalt and nickel. Yet deep-sea mining of these materials, which are used in many technologies, threatens the region. If mining goes ahead ...

Scientists have identified a new type of visual cell in deep-sea fish that blends the shape and form of rods with the ...