Learn how tracking data shows that manta rays plunge more than 4,000 feet down in the deep sea not to hunt, but to find their ...

As the global energy transition accelerates, the ocean floor has emerged as the next frontier in critical mineral competition ...

It began as a routine deep-sea expedition off theSaudi Arabian coast, one of many missions exploring the submerged topography of the Gulf of Aqaba. But 1,770 meters below the ocean’s surface, a ...

Learn more about the array of deep-sea creatures uncovered during the recent voyage.

A recent Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition off the coast of Uruguay discovered at least 30 suspected new species and ...

New Zealand’s defense minister warned in an interview that small countries in the South Pacific face growing pressure from ...

The most striking trait of this fish is the absence of visible eyes. Living in total darkness, the faceless cusk eel has ...

The gulper eel ( Saccopharynx lavenbergi), also called a pelican eel, is roughly a meter of tail and mouth. This unusual fish, the only species in the genus Eurypharynx, slinks through the water as ...

You work 12 hours a day, seven days a week, in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico. And every day is a crapshoot at the bottom ...

Oceanographers scouring the waters off of Western Australia have discovered two new deep-sea oddities. On October 6, ...

In the past, scientists, industry and government have worked together in surprising, tense and fruitful ways Christian Elliott A variety of marine creatures and unique features can be found in the ...

Scientists think one of Uranus' moons may once have had an ocean roughly 100 miles deep — about 40 times deeper than the ...