Far beneath the surface of the ocean lies the largest and least explored habitat on Earth. The deep sea is cold, dark, highly ...

The snails and other mollusks around hydrothermal vents have evolved to thrive in extreme conditions, but mineral extraction ...

By Emma Farge GENEVA, July 9 (Reuters) - Over half of mollusc species that cluster around underwater vents and hold promising ...

Microplastics have been discovered in the bodies of deep-sea organisms living at depths exceeding 2,000 meters. This research ...

Rare molluscs that could advance medicine and technology are increasingly at risk as seabed mineral extraction expands.

The International Union for Conservation ‌of Nature (IUCN) renewed its call for a moratorium on such operations before UN-led ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A deep-diving robot that chiseled into the rocky Pacific seabed at a spot where two of the immense plates comprising Earth's outer shell meet has unearthed a previously unknown ...

However, dwindling species can be saved, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which produces the red ...

Scientists have captured the first-ever footage of the elusive barreleye fish in the Atlantic while discovering two new hydrothermal vent fields and thriving deep-sea ecosystems.

Scientists aboard the Royal Research Ship James Cook have discovered a new set of deep-sea volcanic vents in the chilly waters of the Southern Ocean. The discovery is the fourth made by the research ...

MORE than half of mollusc species living near underwater hydrothermal vents face extinction risk from deep-sea mining, the ...