The Indian Ocean holds the lowest gravity anomaly on Earth, a vast and subtle depression in the planet’s gravitational field ...

The ocean floor is becoming a massive plastic dump, with debris accumulating in deep-sea canyons and harming marine life.

Researchers have unveiled two world-first deep-ocean landers designed to probe the origins of dark ...

The vast majority of our planet’s oceans remain unexplored, hiding secrets that challenge everything we thought we knew about ...

CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — Some four miles off the Southern California coast, a company is betting it can solve one of ...

The ocean is full of surprises, and scientists are still finding creatures that seem almost unreal. From tiny reef animals to ...

A crew member aboard the German yacht Walross 4 was knocked unconscious in an onboard accident deep in the Atlantic Ocean ...

The bumphead sunfish (Mola alexandrini) is one of the strangest and most impressive giants in the ocean. With a flattened, ...

Explore the rising global demand for raw materials and the controversial world of deep-sea mining. This video examines how ...

Cracking, creaking ice at the bottom of the world is quietly shaping the future climate you live in. New research from Australian scientists shows that melting Antarctic ice shelves and changing sea ...

The organisms living here survive without sunlight and rely on chemical energy.

Researchers have discovered that chemical reactions in underwater hydrothermal vents could have produced the necessary ...