A new study led by researchers at the University of Hawaii (UH) at Mānoa published in Nature Communications is the first of ...

Scientists have discovered that deep-sea mining plumes can strip vital nutrition from the ocean’s twilight zone, replacing natural food with nutrient-poor sediment. The resulting “junk food” effect ...

The twilight zone hosts a diversity of life - including tiny krill, fish, squid, octopus and gelatinous species such as ...

Biggest Ocean Mysteries Scientists Can't Explain: 25 Facts That Are Surprisingly Scientifically Proven: The deep sea is darker than space, and yet it's full of life. Theres a worm that hunts by ...

A new study reveals that deep-sea mining waste is not just harming the ocean floor, but is threatening the very fabric of ...

In the darkness of the deep ocean, where pressure crushes and light fails, an expedition has found an astonishing array of ...

Scientists caution that unchecked mining could disrupt ocean food webs from the depths to dinner plates worldwide.

Drilling for minerals deep in the ocean could have immense consequences for the tiny animals at the core of the vast marine ...

Scientists discovered a new deep-sea limpet, Pectinodonta nautilus, living on a sunken log near Johnston Atoll, showing ...