Foraminifera are single-celled marine organisms with a calcareous shell. They not only provide evidence of past habitats, but ...

Deep beneath Earth’s surface, researchers have discovered an ancient seafloor buried for millions of years. This unexpected ...

Scientists have captured photos of litter at the bottom of the Calypso Deep, a trench 16,771ft (5,112m) below the surface of ...

Rules on deep-sea mining in international waters must be driven by "sound science" and built on consensus, the head of the ...

A groundbreaking study has found one of the highest concentrations of deep-sea litter ever found at the Mediterranean Sea’s deepest point. Researchers discovered ­plastic, glass, metal and paper on ...

The rapid expansion of China’s ocean exploration offers Beijing valuable military intelligence as it expands its naval reach and menaces U.S. allies.

Mining of polymetallic nodules from the seabed might lead to significant and long-lasting ecological changes -- both in the mined area, where surface sediments and the fauna living in and on it are ...

Waste generated by human activities has now reached the deepest point in the Mediterranean: the 5,112-metre-deep Calypso Deep in the Ionian Sea. A total of 167 objects — mainly plastics, glass, metal ...

Footage of a submersible capturing some intriguing footage of a pre-historic sea animal has resurfaced, as it was making its ...

A group of scientists from the University of Oldenburg, Germany, has discovered how special bacteria in the ocean break down ...