Seafloor animals down by 37% in deep-sea mining zone, landmark study finds - The study is thought to be the largest yet into ...

What appeared to be tentacles washed up on an Aberdeenshire beach are the remains of a deep-sea creature called a seven-arm ...

Earth’s oceans are perhaps the most beautiful and awe-inspiring natural areas on the planet, but they also hold some of the ...

A walker spotted the remains of a seven-arm octopus, the world's largest octopus species, at Forvie National Nature Reserve ...

Machines mining minerals in the deep ocean have been found to cause significant damage to life on the seabed, scientists ...

Drilling for minerals deep in the ocean could have immense consequences for the tiny animals at the core of the vast marine food web—and ultimately affect fisheries and the food we find on our plates, ...

A new study indicates that deep-sea mining could threaten at least 30 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras, many of which are already at risk of extinction. The authors found that seabed sediment ...

Gathering minerals such as nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium from the seabed could affect everything from sponges to whales. The long-term effects of these extractions remain uncertain Amber X.

Forvie NNR covers about 2,471 acres (1,000 ha) of sand dunes and heath between the North Sea and the estuary of the River ...

Norway on Wednesday postponed the first licences to permit deep-sea mining in its Arctic waters for four years, a delay ...

Norway, the first European country to open parts of its waters to deep-sea mining, will not issue the first licenses for ...