In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...

Deep-sea mining endangers rare species, threatening biodiversity in the ocean's depths and raising critical questions about ...

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a fellow. BERGEN ...

Imagine a world where sunlight barely penetrates, where darkness reigns and strange, glowing creatures drift silently through ...

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Scientists found "a beautiful, thriving ecosystem" in a dark and isolated location: The former shadow of a glacier.

Thousands of eggs belonging to an elusive species were found inside an underwater active volcano. The eggs take four years to ...

An iceberg the size of Chicago broke off am Antarctic ice shelf to reveal a thriving ecosystem underneath, according to researchers.

Ross says it’s certain that area contains vulnerable marine ecosystems that would be affected ... Research in the deep sea is difficult—it requires lengthy, expensive research cruises and ...

This event provided scientists aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s (SOI) research vessel R/V Falkor (too) with an unprecedented opportunity to explore the newly exposed marine environment.

To discover the marine ecosystem, the researchers used a remotely operated vehicle, ROV SuBastian, to explore 4,265 feet below the surface of the ocean. "Normally, deep-sea ecosystems get their ...