Conservationists say retrieving mineral-rich rocks will destroy sea life. Environmental studies show conflicting results.

Trial described as bridging 'last mile' from deep-sea equipment development to engineering application, suggesting deployment ...

From the East Pacific Rise in the Pacific Ocean to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the Atlantic, researchers from the University of Delaware’s College of Earth, Ocean and Environment led the charge of ...

A strange creature from the deep ocean, Ferreiraella populi, was named by internet users and is now a scientifically ...

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Hidden in volcanic lakes and deep-sea vents, scientists have discovered tough new DNA-binding proteins built to survive extreme conditions. After scanning huge genetic databases, researchers found ...

Clare Fieseler's and Jason Jaacks' reporting was supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center and co-published with the Post and Courier. Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, ...

Somewhere around 5,000 years ago, the deep-sea corals that had clung to seamounts off the Galápagos Islands for more than 100 ...

Drilling for minerals deep in the ocean could have immense consequences for the tiny animals at the core of the vast marine food web — and ultimately affect fisheries and the food we find on our ...

The Pompeii worm can withstand the heat of hydrothermal vents deep under the sea ...

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