No details have been released, but analysts and environmentalists fear it will pave the way for closer security ties and the ...

Cook Islands officials yesterday said they had discussed seabed minerals research with China as the small Pacific island ...

The Cook Islands causes concern in New Zealand as it moves toward a possible collaboration with China on deep-sea mining.

SYDNEY, Feb 14, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Cook Islands officials said Friday they had discussed seabed minerals research with China as the small Pacific island mulls deep-sea mining of its waters.

Cook Islands officials said on Friday they had discussed seabed minerals research with China as the small Pacific island mulls deep-sea mining of its waters. The self-governing co ...

Explore Ceres, the largest asteroid in our solar system, and discover its remarkable ancient ocean and ice-rich crust.

Pictures of the 'black demon' fish is going viral on social media as it has reportedly been photographed in daylight for the ...

Astronomers have detected the highest-energy cosmic “ghost particle” on record, deep under the Mediterranean Sea. The neutrino, as the subatomic particle is called, was found by researchers at the ...

A Spanish shark research organisation says it may have captured the first footage of a rare deep-sea creature swimming in the light of day.

China's state-owned industrial giants have set up nearly 100 new research hubs as part of a government initiative launched in 2022 to drive technological breakthroughs in a slew of strategic fields.

New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Winston Peters said he will wait to see the contents of China’s ...