Deep-sea mining could unleash clouds of debris that threaten a mysterious, vital ecosystem we barely understand.

President Trump is reportedly considering an executive order that would speed up permitting for deep-sea mining, which could ...

Glass sponges are found along the deep sea, providing a hiding place for small critters along the seafloor. For one newly discovered species, glass sponges provide both a home and a hunting ground.

From starfish and sea slugs to jellyfish and sponges, the ocean's invertebrates are some of the most ancient and diverse ...

On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order that aims to permit, for the first time, industrial mining of the ...

Sponges can grow very slowly ... including corals, icefish, giant sea spiders, and octopus. The discovery offers new insights into ecosystem functioning beneath floating sections of the Antarctic ...

A marine park in Australia is trying out a new way to help protect sea sponges. Marine biologist Dr Chris Gillies and his team from Offshore Biotechnologies are dropping 120 tonnes of rubble and ...

Just 12 days later, they arrived to find a never-before-seen ecosystem filled with giant sponges, fish, enormous sea spiders and octopuses exposed to the open air for the first time.

A ship run by Schmidt Institute was heading for Bellingshausen Sea when an iceberg broke clean, exposing 510 square ...