Two research expeditions have captured the first footage of two squid species — a colossal squid and a glacial glass squid — swimming in the deep sea.

Most of what we know about the elusive creature comes from research on its remains found in whale stomachs, but scientists ...

Their residence attracts shrimp, fish and many other creatures. These deep-sea oases are just some of many areas of the ocean floor that scientists are only beginning to explore, discovering new ...

Scientists say they've captured the first footage of a living colossal squid in the deep sea. The colossal squid is the world's largest invertebrate, but the one in this video is a baby.

Life is beginning to return to deep-sea mining tracks in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, but full recovery may be impossible. The seabed, cleared of metal-rich nodules in 1979, still shows visible ...

The company that has pushed to open up the deep sea for mining is cozying up to the Trump administration after years of hitting roadblocks in international negotiations. The island nation of Nauru ...

April 12 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is drafting an executive order to enable the stockpiling of deep-sea metals to counter China's dominance in battery minerals and rare earth supply ...

As the demand for electric car batteries and smartphones grows, mining companies are turning their attention to the deep sea, where precious metals such as nickel and cobalt can be found in potato ...

The International Seabed Authority (ISA) has worked for more than a decade to draw up regulations for a future deep-sea mining industry. Those efforts continued this week as negotiators from ...

A 2022 peer-reviewed study of available research by leading deep-sea scientists found “no or next to no scientific knowledge” for most of the seabed targeted for mining. NEW PLAYERS IN THE DEBATE ...

What just happened? China has created a deep-sea cable-cutting device capable of severing the world's most fortified underwater communication and power lines at depths of up to 4,000 meters.