When we think of marine life, we usually picture colorful coral reefs or dense seaweed forests filled with fish and other ...

Deep beneath the ocean surface, where sunlight never reaches and food is scarce, vast gardens of deep-sea sponges are quietly ...

This hairy creature is almost impossible to see, making sightings incredibly rare – hence its nickname, the 'photographer's ...

The floor of the deep ocean is littered with mysteries, but this recently cracked mystery has had people hungry for the ...

Ukraine is scaling up its spectacular “black rain” attacks on oil sites deep inside Russia – sites that are critical to Vladimir Putin’s war machine. Long-range drone strikes have caused apocalyptic ...

A company called Orpheus Ocean wants to go “deep for cheap.” Smack dab between Australia and South America, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research vessel Rainier is ...

The current unilateral approach may secure minerals in the short term, but it will erode the Pacific partnerships and deterrence architecture the United States needs for long-term security. In April ...

The strange, shiny discovery, retrieved from the ocean near Alaska in 2023, turned out to be part of an anemone, scientists said. By John Yoon Explorers sent a robot two miles under the ocean’s ...

Marin researchers are probing tiny sea sponges harvested over the last 40 years that could offer new treatments for breast cancer, slowing down the aging process and malaria. “These compounds from ...

This remarkable skyscraper draws inspiration from the most unexpected of sources: sea sponges. The ambitious building will rise to a supertall height and will be topped by a publicly accessible ...

Somewhere in the North Atlantic, more than a kilometre beneath its surface, a cold-water coral reef stretches across an unnamed seamount. Despite never appearing on a chart, this underwater forest has ...