Despite crushing pressure, total darkness and near-freezing temperatures, researchers found an underwater world teeming with ...

Shaking caused by quakes may cause ocean floor vents to release more nutrients, triggering blooms in plant-like organisms ...

Scientists already knew that the pair of shallow coastal ocean dwellers keep very different schedules of downtime: The ...

Cracking, creaking ice at the bottom of the world is quietly shaping the future climate you live in. New research from ...

Like a scene out of a Jules Verne novel, scientists from Schmidt Ocean Institute recently encountered a giant phantom jelly ...

The mid-ocean ridge runs through the oceans like a suture. Where Earth's plates move apart, new oceanic crust is continuously ...

A deep-sea search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has begun in the Indian Ocean, reviving efforts to solve one of aviation’s ...

Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest ...

An open-source whale tag that records sound, movement, and environmental data will enable scientists to study and decode ...

There was an era of horror and thriller cinema where animals like alligators and sharks attacking and killing humans had ...

Guam lawmakers heard urgent pleas Wednesday to halt federal plans for deep-sea mining near the Marianas Trench, with Speaker ...

About 100 Guam residents filled the Guam Museum on Wednesday evening in a last-minute push to submit public comments opposing ...