The newfound ecosystem is filled with sea crabs, octopuses and gigantic sponges, suggesting it may have been thriving for ...

Fast-moving underwater avalanches, known as turbidity currents, are responsible for transporting vast quantities of ...

Marine ecosystems in the deep ocean show little sign of recovery even decades after experimental mining, according to new ...

Marine life in the deep ocean can take decades to recover from the impact of deep-sea mining for rare metals, new research shows.

1942) and a team of oceanographers and marine geochemists and geologists, took the deep sea submersible Alvin to the Galápagos Rift near the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Their ...

enabling continuous monitoring of deep-sea ecosystems that supports both marine conservation and scientific discovery. Among today’s chief innovators, marine ecologist and filmmaker David Gruber ...

Scientists said they have seen the first signs of life returning to deep sea mining tracks carved into the abyssal seabed ...

a fan-like coral and a venomous deep-sea snail equipped with harpoon-like teeth are among 866 previously unknown species discovered as part of an ambitious effort to document marine life.