deep sea exploration

The deep sea is one of the least understood places on Earth. Among its oddities are hydrothermal vents, cracks in…

More than 2,000 feet beneath the ocean surface, an otherworldly, 50-foot-wide marine organism floats... and feeds.

You won’t see many living things above the ocean surface hundreds of miles southeast of Madagascar—an albatross or…

Scientists have found deep-sea graphite that might help solve a deep-sea carbonaceous mystery, according to a new…

Scientists spotted an elusive giant squid in its deep-ocean habitat in American waters for the first time. These…

Scientists researching the microbial life on volcanic vents uncovered more incredible ocean landscapes from the…

Last month, scientists aboard the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer visited a poorly-explored deep sea area about 940 miles…

You might think space is the final frontier, but there’s an entire alien world beneath the sea. Exploring the…

Researchers working near the Mariana Trench have captured footage of a jellyfish that boggles the imagination.

Last year, James Cameron became the third person in history to venture to the deepest point on Earth, the Mariana…

The oceans of Earth remain largely unexplored, but not for lack of technological innovation — and certainly not for…

The folks over at Deep Sea News recently invited a marine biologist, writing under the pen name "Dour Marine…

After being lost for more than 40 years, the rockets responsible for launching the first humans to the Moon have…

Over the weekend, James Cameron became the third person in history to venture to the deepest point on Earth, the…

We tend to stereotype extraterrestrial life as little green men, but there are much more instructive examples of…

James Cameron is unhappy with the present state of ocean exploration. He's so unhappy that he's taken it upon…