A striking underwater video from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, later shared on Reddit, is giving viewers a ...

There is high global demand for critical metals, and many countries want to try extracting these sought-after metals from the seabed. An international study, which has discovered large numbers of new ...

Deep-sea researchers uncovered more than 500 million unique genes and a promising protein that could improve DNA sequencing ...

The deep sea is a unique "evolutionary engine," with one of the richest and most unexplored sources of genetic diversity on ...

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New research shows why some shelly critters flourished in the ocean’s harshest habitats — and others didn’t Jack Tamisiea Beds of Bathymodiolus mussels provide important habitat for other deep-sea ...

In the global race for critical minerals, one little-known international agency has long held the keys to a potential motherlode — vast quantities of metals located on the remote seafloor. The ...

You may be hearing a lot lately about critical minerals and rare earth elements. These natural materials are essential to industry and modern technology – everything from cellphones to fighter jets.