With growing interest in mining critical metals from the seafloor, countries are now negotiating international rules. The Trump administration is forging ahead on its own, speeding up environmental ...

Critical minerals are found in several forms in the ocean, from potato-size nodules to brine pools. They are also in some of ...

The United States and Mexico seized several tons of cocaine from a ship in a "coordinated operation" in the Pacific Ocean, the Mexican navy said Wednesday. The unusual joint action comes despite ...

U.S. military forces conducted a seizure operation on a tanker overnight Sunday after tracking the vessel from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean, the Department of Defense said. A video shared on ...

As demand for critical metals grows, scientists have taken a rare, close look at life on the deep Pacific seabed where mining may soon begin. Over five years and 160 days at sea, researchers ...

Bureau Number 1515, a Douglas TBD-1 Devastator submerged off Jaluit Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The aircraft went down Feb. 1, 1942. Air and Sea Heritage Foundation photo A team of maritime and ...

Jessica Kolbusz receives funding from the marine research organisation Inkfish LLC. The funder was not involved in the study design, collection, analysis, interpretation of data, the writing of this ...

The U.S. military said Friday it launched a lethal strike against a vessel suspected of drug trafficking in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the first such attack since a raid earlier this month that led to ...

Giulia Wood grew up a short walk from Puget Sound in a rural section of Fidalgo Island. She spent playtimes at tide pools, school field trips examining tiny crabs, family time hiking through public ...

These rare sea creatures live where the sun don't shine. By Laura Baisas Published Jan 6, 2026 4:15 PM EST Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs ...

Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences retrieved 13 underwater monitoring structures from the deep reefs off the Pacific island of Guam, which have been gathering data there at depths up ...

The federal government said it would hold hearings next month on controversial applications to mine the ocean floor. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey The Trump administration said on Tuesday that it had ...