When most of us think about unexplored places, we picture distant planets or faraway galaxies. Yet one of the least understood parts of our world lies right here on Earth, nearly 13,000 feet below the ...

But it isn’t doing it alone; for a month starting this week, it will deploy two oblong neon submersibles as the project’s ...

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

As demand for critical metals grows, scientists have taken a rare, close look at life on the deep Pacific seabed where mining may soon begin. Over five years and 160 days at sea, researchers ...

The Metals Company (TMC) has received confirmation from U.S. regulators that its deep-sea mining consolidated application is complete. This moves the company closer to obtaining a final permit for ...