Exploration Vessel Nautilus, operated by the Ocean Exploration Trust, successfully completed a three-week mission to map and ...

Thousands of meters below the ocean’s surface, a camera attached to a remotely operated vehicle captured a ghostly white creature gliding above a plain of polymetallic nodules — mineral-rich rocks ...

Last month, New Zealand’s political and media establishment erupted in outrage over the decision by the Cook Islands government to sign a wide-ranging strategic partnership agreement with China ...

The Cook Islands government will allow miners to prospect for minerals on its seabed within the coming financial year. Officials justify the decision partly on the need to ease the country’s economic ...