In 2022, a deep-sea expedition north of the Hawaiian Islands revealed an ancient dried-up lakebed. At the bottom, there ...

Along the California coast, researchers are turning to an unlikely partner in ocean science: elephant seals. These large ...

Orpheus Ocean of New Bedford, Massachusetts is building robotic vehicles to descend into extreme depths to collect data from the seafloor.

A deep-sea submersible explored a remote Pacific mid-ocean ridge, witnessing orange volcanic glow and fresh lava spreading ...

(Saunderstown, RI — May 7, 2025) In a groundbreaking study published today in Science Advances, researchers from Ocean Discovery League reveal that only a minuscule fraction of the deep seafloor has ...

Being land mammals, we’ve known for a while that Earth’s surface is about two-thirds covered in water, but how much of the world’s deep seas do you think we’ve explored? As she explains, “We hear, ‘We ...

Marine researchers exploring extreme depths say they have discovered an astonishing deep-sea ecosystem of chemosynthetic life that’s fueled by gases escaping from fractures in the ocean bed. The ...

Ocean Discovery League (ODL) has launched the Global Deep Sea Exploration Goals, an ambitious international effort to visually explore 10,000 strategically selected locations across the deep seafloor.

Dumbo octopuses, like the Opisthoteuthis agassizii seen here during a 2019 dive, are the deepest-living group of octopuses known. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2019 Southeastern U.S.

A new company is making waves in the world of deep-sea mining.

Kiribati is reportedly in discussions with China to explore deep-sea mining opportunities, signaling a potential shift in its approach to tapping into its vast offshore mineral resources. The Pacific ...

Deep-sea mining is an industry with few publicly traded players. This week, American Ocean Minerals announced it is merging with Odyssey Marine Exploration (NASDAQ: OMEX) in a reverse takeover that ...