Zooplankton like copepods aren’t just fish food—they’re carbon-hauling powerhouses. By diving deep into the ocean each winter ...

The feds are trying to figure out where to put 50 million cubic yards of ocean floor dirt. By federal law, the shipping lanes ...

The ocean is far deeper than most people realize, holding secrets and mysteries that continue to astonish scientists and ...

Scientists at the University of Southampton have developed a new way of analyzing fossils, allowing them to see how creatures ...

Australian divers descended more than 500 feet underwater in total blackness to explore a ship that sank in 1904 with its ...

CudaJet can take you down to a maximum depth of 131 feet, and it delivers about 88 pounds of thrust. That translates to a top speed of roughly 10 feet per second, or about 6.7 mph.

This diffusion‑limited regime likely dominates for fluffier aggregates made of phytoplankton remains, fecal pellets, or ...

Because they don’t rely on any life swimming above, these green, fuzzy mats affixed to rocky outcrops may offer clues about the kind of alien life-forms that could survive in the ocean depths of ...

Defence minister Luke Pollard warned that the danger of an attack on the UK extends far beyond dry land, as adversaries could ...

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

For the first time, Antarctic krill have been found on seafloor vents. One scientist is working to figure out what they are ...