A sweeping new study is helping pinpoint where whales, sharks, turtles, and other ocean giants need the most protection and ...

A recent discovery in the depths of the ocean has left the scientific community both excited and perplexed. A massive pyramid ...

Underwater drones reveal coral loss at one of the world's southernmost reefs June 4, 2025 by Mai Tao Advanced Navigation , a ...

Beneath the Arctic’s frozen darkness, scientists have encountered rare black smokers in a place where they were never ...

In the twilight depths of the Gulf of Mexico, about as deep down as a football field is long, U.S. Navy divers carefully snip ...

Massive seafloor craters off California are shaped by ancient underwater sediment flows—not methane—revealing a hidden ...

That means 99.999 percent of the ocean floor remains unexplored. Their work is detailed in a new study published last week in the journal Science Advances. The deep ocean describes regions more than ...

To pinpoint how climate change will play out, scientists are trying to solve a painstaking puzzle with clues etched in mollusks.

The SWOT satellite detects those subtle changes and translates them into detailed maps that outline what’s below. “Abyssal hills are the most abundant landform on Earth, covering about 70% of the ...

These magnificent marine mammals, known for their haunting and complex songs, are now helping researchers create detailed maps of the ocean floor in ways previously thought impossible. This innovative ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Australian authorities were monitoring the ship but was cautious about providing further details ... Tan Suo Yi Hao can map the ocean floor, which would ...

Credit: NASA Earth Observatory We know more about the Moon’s surface than Earth’s ocean floor — but that’s changing fast. A NASA-supported team used a groundbreaking satellite called SWOT to map the ...