Japan is accelerating a decade-old plan to extract rare earths from the deep seabed, an ambitious initiative given extra ...

The mission was the world's first bid to tap deep sea rare earths at such a depth, the government said, as Japan seeks to ...

The ocean is home to some of the creepiest animals out there. It feels like the deeper you go in the water, the stranger and ...

Scientists have launched a fresh effort to find out what could be producing oxygen at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

A new study led by scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), along with international partners, finds that ...

Industry leaders recently testified before a U.S. House of Representatives committee to discuss regulatory and statutory ...

President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday issued a new rule to fast-track deep-sea mining in international waters, ...

Final rule would speed process companies must go through to receive exploration licenses and commercial recovery permit ...

A dome-fronted submersible sinks beneath the waves off Indonesia, heading down nearly 1,000 meters in search of new species, ...

Federal officials Tuesday said they're considering a mineral lease off Alaskan shores. It's part of a fast-paced and ...

Sediment containing rare earth was retrieved from ocean depths of 6,000 metres (20,000 feet) on a Japanese test mission, the ...