Early response to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion. (US Coast Guard) In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig failed ...

Crustaceans such as shrimp and krill dropped 62%, while squid and octopuses dropped 59.7%.

Sixteen years after an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig unleashed more than 4 million barrels of oil into the Gulf ...

This bootylicious 'Patrick Star' lives alongside dozens of species we've never seen before. (ROV SuBastian/ROV ...

Scientists monitoring the deep ocean near the disaster site found that animal populations declined by as much as 80 percent, ...

A new study has found populations of deep-water fish species, crustaceans and squid declined significantly following the 2010 ...

The deep ocean still holds more surprises than most of us realize. Now, a major discovery off Japan is a reminder that protecting the planet starts with understanding what lives beneath the surface.

Noise pollution from deep-sea mining carries an invisible risk for sea life, warn researchers, urging greater transparency from the industry to help mitigate the harms. Noise in the deep ocean can ...

Humanity's ongoing disruption of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) concentrations, temperatures, and global nutrient cycles is ...

Deep-sea mining is the extraction of minerals from the seabed in the deep ocean. Most of the interest is in what are known as polymetallic nodules, which are potato-sized mineral deposits that have ...

New research digs into how forests sparked deep-sea life. About 400 million years ago, the deeper part of the ocean was a difficult place to live. With low oxygen, it was nearly a biological dead zone ...