Thousands of meters beneath the ocean surface, creatures that have never been formally named are vanishing before scientists ...

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

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By Victoria Schneider In its most recent update to the Red List of threatened species, the International Union for ...

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

The habitat of 30 species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras, also called ghost sharks, overlap with areas where proposed deep-sea mining may occur, according to new research published in Current Biology ...

(Corrects paragraph 3 to reflect firms are seeking to extract minerals rather than are currently extracting) By Emma Farge ...

Twenty-four species of deep-sea crustaceans that had never been documented before have been formally described from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a vast stretch of the central Pacific Ocean floor where ...

Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and sharks, a major piece of industry-funded research found Thursday. The Metals ...

Scientific studies show substantial reductions in deep-sea biodiversity following mining tests, with impacts potentially lasting decades. Governments are split between environmental caution and the ...

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

Huge tracts of Pacific Ocean seabed are carpeted in polymetallic nodules, bulbous lumps of rock that are rich in metals used in battery production – Copyright AFP ...