A dead whale sinking to the ocean floor creates a unique deep-sea ecosystem.: this whale fall provides food for scavengers, then enriches s...

India has signed a 15-year contract. The agreement is with the International Seabed Authority. It grants India exclusive rights. These righ...

An underwater volcano, Axial Seamount, near Oregon is showing signs of a possible eruption. The volcano, located about 300 miles offshore, ...

A new thermal vent near Yellowstone's Norris Geyser Basin is drawing attention for its roadside visibility. Scientists affirm it's a routin...

India unveils an ambitious space vision targeting a space station by 2035 and a manned moon mission by 2047. The National Research Foundati...

NASA's Perseverance rover has begun a challenging climb to the rim of Jezero Crater on Mars, 1,000 feet above its current location. The mis...

Indian scientists are preparing to embark on Project Samudrayaan, an ambitious mission to explore the depths of the ocean in search of prec...

The environment in these oceans may be very similar to that on Earth at the time life began.

The team found that these flows are surprisingly complex and chaotic - meaning that individual paths follow a rough general pattern, but no...

During the trip the submersible dived over 8,000 metres below the sea surface once, 9,000 metres twice and 10,000 metres twice.

The country's first ever seabed exploration is being done in the Rodriguez Triple Junction, a geological junction in the southern Indian Oc...

China's 'Jiaolong' deep-sea manned submersible returned from its maiden 118-day exploratory voyage to the Indian Ocean where it is reported...

The exploration is expected to lead to vast deposits of lead, zinc and copper ranging from several thousands to about 100 million tonnes.

With a size similar to a regular sea cucumber, the first mysterious creature broke into three parts when it was taken to the vessel in the ...

The project involves exploring the Indian Ocean for 120 days, reflects China's hunger for resources, and its long-term development plans.

Earlier China's State Oceanic Administration (SOA) said the discovery of poly metallic deposits in the southwest Indian Ocean as "beyond an...

China's deep-sea manned submersible today carried out its first dive in the southwest Indian Ocean to look for deposits of copper, zinc and...