Until now, only about a quarter of the seafloor has been mapped using ships with special sonar equipment. The rest has ...

The US has sustained a high-intensity military presence in the South China Sea and nearby areas, but the number and frequency ...

Located off the coast of Ecuador, Paramount seamount is among the kinds of ocean floor features that certain ocean-observing ...

Experts have been working on mapping the ocean floor with traditional methods, sending ships across the water with sonar ...

This weekend the M209 expedition ‘BASIS’ led by GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel has started. An international team is investigating the largely unexplored deep seas off the Cape Verde ...

NASA’s new video is also just fun to watch. The animation shows what the seafloor looks like off the coasts of Mexico, South ...

While operating the deep-sea robot nearly 7,000 feet below the surface, the machine’s camera captured a creature that ...

More precise maps created using data from the SWOT mission can enhance underwater navigation and provide deeper insights into ...

Mattie Rodrigue, science director at OceanX, shares what she's learned in the last 5 years – and what it means for the future ...

The birds spend most of their lives in the open ocean. Observing birds at sea is nearly impossible, so much about puffins remains a mystery. Ecologists like Erpur Snær Hansen, who leads a team at the ...