Environmental questions plague deep-sea mining ambitions, but US bodies say the sector needs an adaptive management approach.

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

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After four years away, the WHOI-operated R/V Atlantis has come home to Woods Hole. Learn where it has been and where it is ...

The identity of the "golden orb" has been revealed as dead cells that anchored a deep-sea creature to the ocean floor.

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

Learn how researchers used morphology and genetic analysis to reveal the identity of a mysterious golden orb found during a ...

Norway has a reputation for environmental leadership, from championing international biodiversity policies to its wilderness protection and ambitious biodiversity regulations. An international ...

After more than two years of analysis, NOAA and Smithsonian scientists have identified the viral "golden orb." (NOAA ...

A man dropped several night vision cameras into the Indonesian Ocean – and his findings are a reminder of how much we still ...