Researchers uncovered hundreds of previously unknown deep-sea species, giving the scientific community a better idea of what ...

For decades, scientists believed that nearly all oxygen on Earth is produced through photosynthesis — a process driven by sunlight and carried out by plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. According to ...

A better model for governance of the ocean commons can be found in the nuclear test-ban treaty agreed in 1963. Nobody could ...

A team of scientists experienced a moment they described as a mix of excitement and disbelief after finding a huge ‘’ghost ...

After a decade of debate, by year’s end the world should finally have a rule book for mining the deep sea, Leticia Carvalho, the head of the International Seabed Authority, said in an interview.

New Zealand's earlier efforts to safeguard marine or coastal environments, particularly as marine reserves and marine ...

A photographer captured this extraordinary site where whales' bodies lie in the shallows, with troubling repercussions for the deep oceans.

The king-of-the-salmon is typically found 3,000 feet below the sea or deeper, so this was a "once-in-a-lifetime" sighting.

New Zealand's earlier efforts to safeguard marine or coastal environments, particularly as marine reserves and marine protected areas, typically ...

A massive 37-million-year-old underwater canyon reveals the fossil trace of an ancient Atlantic tectonic boundary.

Woolpert and Saildrone have partnered to acquire and process bathymetric survey data for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Ocean Exploration and Office of Coast Survey in support ...

Japan is the biggest consumer of rare earths after China. Beijing dominates the supply chain for the strategic minerals, ...