New research has found that deep-sea mining in international waters could threaten at least 30 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras — many of which are already at risk of extinction. Chondrichthyes, ...

As the world’s need for new technology increases, so do practices that are harmful to the environment. Deep-sea mining is used to find metal-rich deposits, such as copper, nickel, cobalt, and gold.

The rush to mine the deep ocean is no longer a distant possibility. It’s here, thanks to global demand for minerals like cobalt and nickel rising, meaning governments and corporations are eyeing the ...

The Pygmy Shark (Euprotomicrus bispinatus), the world’s second smallest shark species and one of the species with a high overlap with proposed deep sea mining. The habitat of thirty species of sharks, ...

"It's suspected that they use bioluminescence to communicate with each other." This is an Inside Science story. Forget the white whale -- some of the most rarely seen albinos on the planet are ...

The soupfin shark (Galeorhinus galeus), also known as the tope shark, is a slender, medium-sized shark found in temperate and subtropical waters worldwide, including the eastern Pacific, Atlantic, and ...

The finds were made during a 2022 deep-sea expedition off Western Australia’s Gascoyne coast in the Gascoyne Marine Park Researchers say the discoveries reveal how little is known about deep-sea life ...

A team of researchers has managed to tag and film an ancient type of deep-sea shark—which can grow up to 20 feet in length and weigh more than a ton—in its native habitat. The bluntnose sixgill is one ...

A white shark changed her life. And not in a way you might imagine. It happened when Vicky Vásquez was a teenager out on a fishing trip with dad near her native San Diego. A white shark, maybe two, ...

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 ...