“The Mariana Trench Marine National Monument has long-standing ancestral and cultural connections to the nearby residents,” said Assistant Administrator for NOAA Fisheries Janet Coit.

The Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the world’s oceans, has long captivated scientists and explorers alike. Located in ...

The Pacific, which holds more than half of the free water on Earth, is also our planet's deepest water body, extending to a depth of more than 36,000 feet (11,000 meters) at Challenger Deep in the ...

A Bryde’s whale photographed in the Mariana Archipelago NOAA Fisheries / Adam Ü (NOAA Fisheries MMPA-ESA Permit #14097) In 2014, researchers conducting an acoustic survey near the Mariana ...

The eerie sounds were first heard coming from the Mariana Trench, the deepest known point on Earth, ten years ago. But nobody knew what the mysterious noises were, or who or what was making them.

The unusual sounds were first detected in 2014 during an acoustic survey of the Mariana Trench, which stretches over 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometres) south of Japan and reaches depths of 35,876 feet ...

Allen saw an opportunity to track migrating Bryde’s whales by finding similar biotwang sounds in more than 180,000 hours of underwater recordings from NOAA’s network of hydrophones mounted on ...

The Mariana Trench monument was part of a marine protection area announced by then-US president George Bush in 2009. ... Under the management plan, the US Fish and Service, NOAA Fisheries, ...

The Mariana Trench, named after the nearby islands, is found in the Pacific and is the deepest oceanic trench on Earth, going as far down as 36,000 feet underwater.

The Mariana Trench, home to the Challenger Deep, is an alluring yet dangerous place to visit. Here’s what to know about the deepest point on Earth.

The Mariana Trench, home to the Challenger Deep, is an alluring yet dangerous place to visit. Here’s what to know about the deepest point on Earth.