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The U.S. push to mine international waters for metals defies global efforts to control and protect these fragile ecosystems.

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The deep-sea environment comprises a wealth of distinct ecosystems, such as hydrothermal vents, cold seeps and subsurface habitats. A multitude of bacteria and archaea live in these distant niches ...

Researchers in Ethiopia’s Afar Rift reported a deep, rhythmic mantle “pulse” that is slowly tearing Africa apart to form a new ocean basin.

Tectonic action is splitting Africa apart to produce a new ocean, according to University of Southampton scientists who have investigated unusual pulses emanating from beneath the continent that are ...

Pilot whales, often referred to as the "cheetahs of the deep," are apex predators that even the mighty orcas fear. Watch as these swift, powerful creatures demonstrate their exceptional hunting ...