You will have a hard time finding anyone who finds deep-sea creatures cute. Most people find those skeletal, ghostly, ...

The deep sea, the planet’s most expansive and least understood ecosystem, remains largely unexplored. Yet while the deep sea may seem a dark and distant space, events underwater directly impact our ...

Though its boundless movement is exhilarating, my favorite moment in Sword of the Sea wasn’t pulling off some sick tricks or surfing on a wall. It was when I unexpectedly landed atop a flying turtle.

As humans move to explore the depths of the ocean, there are more devastating stories of submarines imploding, but what ...

Thousands of feet deep in the South Pacific Ocean, a pair of scientists piloted a submersible through the dark waters and scanned the seafloor. Some pale creatures with dozens of tentacles caught ...

Far beneath the waves, down in the depths of the Japan Trench — seven kilometres below sea level — lie hidden clues about some of the most powerful earthquakes and tsunamis on Earth. From September to ...

We know next to nothing about 99.999 percent of the seafloor. How one researcher plans to democratize deep-sea exploration. Katy Croff Bell, who has been an ocean researcher for 25 years, is working ...

In July and August scientists onboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor (too) spotted the oddities through the eyes of an underwater robot as they explored the Mar del Plata Canyon.

"I grabbed a lifejacket and then I went outside and there were all the other crew, all lined up like they were waiting for a ...