Hagfish shoot slime that clogs gills and deters predators. Learn how they do it, why it's important, and how it could help humans too.

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Nestled between the pink morning sky and the sparkling ... Ollie the vampire squid and Zing the toxin-squirting sea bunny and youngsters will need to come up for air when they join them for chaos in ...

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to promote mining of the deep-sea floor, a controversial way to get critical minerals that are used in a wide range of electronics and ...

United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to expand the controversial but financially lucrative practice of deep-sea mining in a bid to lock down US access to critical ...

Deep sea mining has been off limits thus far, both because it's awfully hard, and because governments haven't yet firmed up regulations around extracting minerals offshore. That might soon change ...

The company that has pushed to open up the deep sea for mining is cozying up to the Trump administration after years of hitting roadblocks in international negotiations. The island nation of Nauru ...