A coalition of research institutions has identified 1,121 new marine species through a sweeping Ocean Census effort, drawing ...

Heartwarming footage captured by wildlife photographer Karrah shows a group of baby sea turtles emerging from their sandy nest and making their first journey to the sea. The tiny hatchlings wriggle ...

Scientists discovered a giant underwater mountain. And it's teeming with deep sea life. An endeavor aboard the Falkor (too) — a 363-foot (111-meter) research vessel operated by the Schmidt Ocean ...

Deep-sea drilling ships, sea-floor sensors and repurposed Internet cables are helping scientists to study the last unmapped ...

Scientists discovered that extreme deep-sea pressure squeezes valuable nutrients out of sinking organic particles, providing ...

A publication recently launched by leading European Ocean scientists, titled Navigating the Future VI (NFVI), calls attention to the fact that we do not yet sufficiently consider how climate-induced ...

Giant, phantasmagorical creatures dwell in the dark water. And when marine researchers lower robots into these depths, they're almost always spotting something rare or previously unknown to science.

Scientists at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have provided conclusive evidence that the Red Sea completely dried out about 6.2 million years ago, before being suddenly ...