Other types of sea spiders that don’t live near seeps largely eat other invertebrates. But the researchers found the new sea ...

This process pockmarks the seafloor with huge numbers of “feeding pits,” craters about the size of the ray itself, and makes these fish structural engineers of their ecosystems. On supporting ...

In fact, the area of the deep seafloor that's been directly visualized ... to human-driven subs to simple landers that didn't move around. It turns out that most of the exploratory expeditions ...

Laying pipe on the seafloor can pose a number of challenges ... pipe is eased off the stern of the vessel as the boat moves forward. The pipe curves downward from the stern through the water ...

According to a new study, just 0.001% of the deep seafloor has been visually observed. The deep ocean seafloor is defined as depths of 200 meters or more below Earth’s surface, where oxygen ...

Scientists probing the bottom of the Pacific Ocean made a surprising discovery: animals living underneath the seafloor in an area with volcanic activity. Giant tubeworms, which are known as the ...

CEO of The Metals Company holds a nodule brought up from the sea floor. The company plans to mine the seafloor for these nodules in the Clarion Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean. Carolyn Cole / ...

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Some scientists argue that so little is known about the undersea world that more research on the deep seafloor is needed to responsibly move forward with extractive activities. “More information ...