High pressure in the deep ocean may squeeze nutrients from sinking “marine snow,” feeding deep-sea microbes and altering how ...

Deep down in the sea, where no light penetrates and where the availability of food is very low, life somehow exists in ways ...

With growing interest in mining critical metals from the seafloor, countries are now negotiating international rules. The ...

This octopus can brood its eggs for nearly four years without eating. Here’s how this biological extreme has reshaped how ...

Robotic and autonomous underwater vehicles have collected vast quantities of footage from the deep sea, but most of it hasn’t ...

You may be hearing a lot lately about critical minerals and rare earth elements. These natural materials are essential to ...

As climate change pushes heat deeper into the ocean, scientists have been concerned about disruptions to marine life’s delicate balance. But new research suggests that a key microbe, Nitrosopumilus ...

Far below the reach of sunlight, the deep ocean is stitched together by pockets of warmth and chemistry that function like underwater cities. Scientists have spent decades tracing these hidden oases, ...

Renewable technologies need a multitude of critical minerals. The seabed could supply these riches. But at what cost?

Ancient microbial activity preserved in wrinkled seafloor sediments challenges assumptions about where traces of early life can survive.