An unexpected radioactive discovery beneath the Pacific Ocean seabed may provide researchers with a new global geologic time ...

When hundreds of eerily perfect circles were discovered on the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, theories abounded about what ...

Learn how time scales for objects thousands versus millions of years old could be better synchronized.

Marine scientists indeed call a deep-sea brine pool off the Western coast of Mexico a "Jacuzzi of Despair" or "Hot Tub of ...

Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography descended thousands of meters where they likely discovered dozens of new animal species. Creatures flourish where methane gas seeps into the ocean ...

“Once saturation is reached, the diver can stay at the bottom for days, weeks, and months without needing any additional ...

Undersea agriculture. Deep sea mining. Human colonies on the ocean floor. These were the dreams of Capt. George Bond, a Navy ...

A deep sea creature known for living hundreds of meters below the water's surface in the darkness of the deep ocean was photographed in broad daylight last week — in what researchers are saying may be ...

Rising mountain peaks and sharp rock formations cover the ocean floor, with corals, sponges, fish, and tons of sea creatures ...

One would think that a volcano was not the most hospitable place for living organisms. However, the Borealis Mud Volcano, at ...

A flurry of criticism followed the article’s publication, including from the deep-sea mining company that funded the study, ...