Impossible Metals, a deep-sea mining startup, submitted a formal request to the Department of the Interior to sell leases to ...

The Trump administration is taking a step toward potentially allowing companies to trawl for minerals under the ocean floor ...

Many of the minerals involved in proposed deep sea mining operations are located on black, potato-shaped nodules that lie on ...

China's strategic discussions with the Pacific island nation on ocean minerals follow the Trump administration's bypassing of ...

The Trump administration said Wednesday that it will consider selling leases to extract minerals from the seabed off the South Pacific island of American Samoa, a potential first step in a wider indus ...

Commercial mining on the miles-deep Pacific Ocean floor came one step closer to reality with an announcement late Tuesday by ...

After decades of negotiations, a landmark treaty to protect the world’s high seas stands at a turning point – and France is ...

The international legal order is floundering. The geopolitical and resource policy priorities of the United States are ...

The first-ever direct flights from the United States to Greenland will give tourists easier access to the island’s history, ...

A pod of orcas, also known as killer whales, was spotted off the northwest point of Grand Cayman over the Discovery Day ...

The Chesapeake Bay is the continental United States' largest estuary, spanning approximately 320 kilometers (200 miles) ...