After years of deep-sea sleuthing, National Geographic Explorer Katy Croff Bell has created a treasure map. It’s not drawn on ...

Learn how researchers discovered a new superfamily living at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

Proponents say they want to dredge the seafloor for metals needed for clean technology. Indigenous Pacific Islanders call it a threat to life, culture, and the ocean itself.

Lurking in the depths of the ocean are countless species that have never been seen by humans before. As part of a project to ...

Photographer Justin Hofman (@JustinHofman) provided some of the latest proof of this when sharing what he characterized in ...

Mountains don't just exist on land—did you know there are vast mountain ranges at the bottom of the sea? From spooky-looking towers that belch white "smoke" to a mountain range in the middle of the ...

Deep-sea mining is back on Washington’s radar (or should that be sonar?) under President Donald Trump. Mineral-rich nodules ...

A major international effort to document Japan's deep-ocean life has confirmed the discovery of 38 new species, following a landmark expedition by The Nippon Foundation-Nekton Ocean Census and the ...

By Jackie Dragon At 7:45 a.m. one recent January day in American Samoa, a delegation from Greenpeace and Pacific Island ...

Researchers identified 24 new creatures and an entire superfamily of species in the Pacific, all while NOAA moves to ...

He said the potential of mining the oceans for nickel, magnesium, cobalt and copper stands to dramatically reduce the nation's reliance on hostile nations for the elements that will power the future.

Chinese scientists have revealed plans for a new tourist-centered panoramic-view submersible that will take people on an ...