Snailfish living in deep-sea trenches in the Pacific and Indian oceans may have wider geographic distributions than ...

Some 6. 2 million years ago, the Red Sea basin was not recognizable as the deep blue waters of the ocean it is now.

The gulper eel ( Saccopharynx lavenbergi), also called a pelican eel, is roughly a meter of tail and mouth. This unusual fish, the only species in the genus Eurypharynx, slinks through the water as ...

The adorable fish has garnered attention, but the study also describes two other fish that were discovered in the deep waters ...

Meet the bumpy snailfish—described by scientists as "adorable"—as well as the dark snailfish and sleek snailfish, all of ...

You may have heard that the ocean covers 70% of the Earth. But did you know that only 5% of the ocean has been explored? 95% of the ocean and what lies beneath it is unknown. Scientists are studying ...

Growing evidence suggests that a subsurface ocean lurks beneath the icy surface of Uranus' moon Ariel, but new research, ...

Deep sea mining for rare earth elements and other critical minerals could start as early as 2026, even as 38 countries have ...

Supporters say mining the seafloor could cause less environmental harm than mining on land. Opponents say the danger to fragile ecosystems is too great.

While China is a dominant supplier of many critical minerals and most rare earths, the US is looking to reduce its reliance ...