oceanography

A new study has found that the impacts of deep sea mining are still felt a quarter of a century later.

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

Scientists are determining the lifespan of the world’s largest fish with the help of nuclear weapons tests from the…

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

Seafloor mapping has revealed craters beneath the Pacific Ocean from nuclear weapons testing, scientists report.

Scientists studying the vast, remote waters encircling Antarctica frequently enlist the help of elephant seals,…

A year and a half ago, in the middle of the Antarctic winter, satellite images of the frozen continent revealed…

The research vessel Falkor has recently completed a three-week mission off the coast of Costa Rica, during which it…

Climate change is turning the planet into something alien. As a striking case in point, a new study predicts that…

At 78 feet tall, and churned by a fierce storm, it’s the largest wave ever recorded in the southern hemisphere, New…

The Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 investigation has been reopened with the help of a private firm. Its incomplete…

An enormous hole in the the wintertime sea ice surrounding Antarctica is attracting considerable scientific…

The tiger shark patrols the seas alone at night, prepared to eat anything from a bird to a dolphin. The goblin shark…

It can be hard to look for the bright side in a tragedy. But resolving tragedies often requires an immense amount of…

It doesn’t have towering canopies or jewel-toned corals, but an enormous region of the eastern Pacific that was long…

We’re not saying it’s aliens, but a team of scientists has just discovered a glowing purple orb at the bottom of the…

Italian researchers have used the location of confirmed debris from Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370, which…

This year’s monster El Niño is truly a monster—it’s been blamed for killing coral reefs. Add another die-off to the…

File this under definitely not good: global warming is depleting the oceans of oxygen. You know, that little…

Would you just look at him? Sprung to life out of a Pixar movie, the ghostly little fella pictured above was…