Depth use was influenced by temperature, but differently by sex: Females dived to greater depths than males in SST between 26°C–28°C, possibly to avoid warmer surface waters. Deep diving in males was ...

Research ships rarely brave the Greenland Sea in winter. Early this year, scientists ventured into the ice-covered waters to ...

Scientists found giant buried mud waves in the Atlantic, revealing the ocean began forming earlier than thought and ...

The ocean is far deeper than most people realize, holding secrets and mysteries that continue to astonish scientists and explorers. Covering more than 70% of the Earth’s surface, the ocean is not only ...

The deepest shipwreck ever found in French waters has been discovered in the Mediterranean off southern France. The 16th-century merchant ship lies an astounding 2,567m down. The French Navy stumbled ...

After 20 years of intense debate, the world looks set to have a treaty protecting marine life out beyond national waters.

These included calls to “acknowledge the deep ocean’s critical role, and the scale of what we still do not know” and to ...

Off the coast of Sicily, Sea Shepherd and its volunteers are hunting down illegal fish traps and working with Italian ...