Last year, the team made headlines when it published a paper describing how metal lumps at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean ...

In the 1960s, the U.S. Navy was exploring the other "final frontier" -- the sea. A series of underwater habitats called "Sealabs" were constructed for scientific exploration on the ocean floor.

When hundreds of eerily perfect circles were discovered on the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, theories abounded about what ...

Researchers discovered the Borealis Mud Volcano, a marine biodiversity hotspot with unique geological and ecological ...

A flurry of criticism followed the article’s publication, including from the deep-sea mining company that funded the study, ...

While NASA was trying to put a man on the moon, the Navy was quietly conducting a series of tests to see if humans could live ...

One would think that a volcano was not the most hospitable place for living organisms. However, the Borealis Mud Volcano, at 400 m water depth, acts as a sanctuary for a number of marine species.

The discovery is attracting attention worldwide as it challenges the conventional scientific consensus that oxygen is ...

Beyond its scientific value, the project is also a key element in strengthening India’s blue economy, contributing to both ...

In the second part of this edition of “Inside the Laboratory,” Christopher Reddy of Wood Hole Oceanographic Institution ...

The imminent presidency of Donald Trump looks set to boost the fortunes of deep-sea-mining as support for harvesting the world’s ocean floors for critical minerals grows, both in Congress and ...