First Nations people started trading 'trepang', or sea cucumber, in the 1700s, and now these tiny marine animals may help ...

In 2022, the eruption of the underwater Hunga volcano near Tonga sent a plume of ash soaring 37 miles into the sky, setting a new record as the largest volcanic plume ever captured by satellites. This ...

The U.S. push to mine international waters for metals defies global efforts to control and protect these fragile ecosystems.

Lost for more than 80 years, the severed bow of the legendary USS New Orleans—torn away by a torpedo in one of World War II's ...

An underwater volcano near Tonga revealed how sediment spreads, disrupts marine life, and raises questions about deep-sea ...

Rare footage reveals an elusive deep-sea predator showcasing surprising social behaviors.

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

With the backing of the US government, a Canadian company is poised to sidestep UN laws and start vacuuming what it deems battery-grade metals from international waters.

To the best of our knowledge this is the first long-term real-time deep-sea UWOC link with bitrate as high as 125 Mb/s. Between two nodes of 30 m distance and at a depth of 1650 m, two-way Ethernet ...

Seafloor sensors caught a rare slow quake in action. It hints at how Earth's stress is quietly released. For the first time, ...

Carlos Alcaraz says playing Cameron Norrie is a nightmare and that he must be mentally strong to beat the Brit in the ...

Deep-sea mining promises critical minerals for the energy transition without the problems of mining on land. It also promises ...