The shock discovery that metallic nodules could be producing oxygen in the deep sea made headlines last year – now the team ...

A new study led by UVic postdoctoral fellow Graham Epstein, suggests that marine protected areas (MPAs) could play a key role ...

Lead University of Victoria researcher says seafloor sediments make up one of the planet's largest stores of carbon ...

From the flamboyant blossoms and birds of rainforests to the living rainbows of coral reefs, Earth’s surface is teeming with ...

Foraminifera, though eukaryotic, have adapted to use chemoautotrophy to enable them to survive where oxygen and sunlight are ...

The long-awaited $25 million Harbor dredging project starts on Monday as contractors begin digging a 9-acre pit in a shallow South cove where seven decades of a working waterfront's industrial sins ...

The Trump administration is considering deep-sea mining for essential minerals. The ocean floor contains valuable resources ...

A new study sheds light on how a species of foraminifera, single-celled organisms found in almost all marine habitats, thrives in a dark, oxygen-free environment.

The Trump administration is considering initiating deep-sea mining to harvest key minerals. The ocean floor harbours valuable ...

Climate change influences microplastic degradation by altering environmental factors such as temperature, UV radiation, and ...

When hundreds of eerily perfect circles were discovered on the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, theories abounded about what ...