Robotic and autonomous underwater vehicles have collected vast quantities of footage from the deep sea, but most of it hasn’t ...

Deep-sea explorer Tommy Thompson released from federal custody after decade behind bars for allegedly hiding 500 gold coins from historic shipwreck.

WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - For more than a century, biology textbooks have stated that vision among vertebrates - people included - is built from two clearly defined cell types: rods for ...

I spent years preparing to dive into the deepest place on earth. Only a handful of people have traveled into the depths of the Mariana Trench, nearly 7 miles below the ocean surface. As a geologist ...

With growing interest in mining critical metals from the seafloor, countries are now negotiating international rules. The Trump administration is forging ahead on its own, speeding up environmental ...

When we dream of landscapes, we might imagine rolling valleys or rugged mountains. But there is a whole landscape hidden from human view: the secret world of the seafloor. Half of Earth's oceans are ...

Jessica Irving has received funding from the National Science Foundation to work with MERMAID. She is a member of the Earthscope Oceans Science Committee and was involved in the research study ...

Medal of Honor recipient and pioneering navy diver Frank Crilley. (Navy/U.S. Naval Undersea Museum) In March 1915, the Great ...

An ungainly barrel of a shark cruising languidly over a barren seabed far too deep for the sun’s rays to illuminate was an unexpected sight. Many experts had thought sharks didn’t exist in the frigid ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Researchers filmed a sleeper shark for the first time in Antarctic waters near the South Shetland Islands, ...

The deep sea is a dark, cold place. It's just a few degrees above freezing, subject to immense pressure, and beyond the reach of the sunlight needed for photosynthesis. The life that does survive in ...

JAKARTA, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google and Southeast Asian technology conglomerate Sea Ltd (SE.N), opens new tab announced a new tie-up on Thursday that will ...