Electric rays have rounded, thick bodies with stubby tails. They generally range from small to medium in size. They are much ...

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A mischievous sea cucumber and 56 other newly discovered marine species are making a splash in the South Atlantic Ocean. The new creatures were discovered during an expedition of ...

A federal court in Hawai’i is being asked to halt the first competitive offshore deep-sea mining lease auction in United ...

A deep-sea exploration team has discovered 57 new species, including one they compare to a Spongebob Squarepants character, ‘Patrick Star’. STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST NEWS BY SUBSCRIBING TO ...

Scientists have discovered 57 new to science marine species, along with five new genera, in the deep-sea canyons off the ...

In a recent paper published in Scientific Reports, researchers from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) warn that some rocks containing deep-sea minerals may catch fire once at the surface. The ...

As the first country to have continuously retrieved rare-earth mud from such depths, Japan is in a position to influence the ...

A group of scientists in Argentina discovered dozens of new species in the South Atlantic Ocean, shedding new light on one of the world’s most biologically dynamic regions.

Seventy percent of the Earth's surface is ocean.So, how complete is the topographic map of the seafloor?The answer is, only ...

Researchers have described a new species of electric ray, named the Arabian Black Electric Ray (Tetronarce ramanamurthyi), ...

An ROV collects mineral samples from the Escanaba seafloor. (ROV Jason/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute) Scientists investigating the possibility of a 'gold rush' on the bottom of the ocean have hit ...