Strange underwater life ranging from hand-sized sea spiders to jelly-like sea pigs to a breeding sea butterfly has been found by Australian scientists investigating the Antarctic ocean floor.

President Trump signs executive order to expedite mining on the ocean floor, aiming to increase energy and mineral supply chains while addressing environmental concerns.

Sea pigs live on the sea floor, between 3,300 to 19,500 feet (1 to 6 km) below the ocean's surface, and feed on the organic material that falls from the upper ocean layers, sometimes called ...

With just 25% of the ocean floor mapped this way, a full picture was far from complete. That was not the end of the story—Enter SWOT, a collaborative mission between NASA and the French space ...

Santa Barbara Channelkeeper recently identified an onshore lobster trap debris hotspot between Mesa Lane and Shoreline Park. The Commercial Fishermen of Santa Barbara group has been working to ...

The depths of the ocean hold secrets that have fascinated scientists for centuries. Recently, a new discovery has added to this intrigue: evidence of a hidden universe on the ocean floor. The ARCA ...

A passion for the infinitesimal leads a photographer to discover the countless creatures that live unseen in the ocean Photographs ... relatives of shrimp and lobster—Walter has studied them ...

The Instamatic camera was actually part of a trap, and its built-in flash cube allowed it to take four photos when activated ... operations and mapping the ocean floor—so far, only 26% of ...

Warships of EU member states deployed with naval force Atalanta in the Indian Ocean have regularly held “passex” or passing exercises with the Indian Navy, which are limited in scale.

There is currently no commercial-scale deep-sea mining anywhere in the world. But companies have long eyed the ocean floor as a potential source of metals like nickel, cobalt, manganese and copper, ...