Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

"Many [deep-sea corals] live for hundreds of years, with some colonies living over 4,000 years," NOAA says, with latest discovery revealing nearly 84,000 individual coral mound peak features.

Despite decades of ocean exploration, humans still lack basic answers to one of the most fundamental ecological questions: ...

Beneath the ocean surface, a global mission is underway that could reshape our understanding of our planet. Inspired by Sir ...

The Hydrographer of the Federation and CEO of the National Hydrographic Agency of Nigeria, Rear Admiral Ayo Olugbode and his ...

The Dead Sea in Israel is over 1,400 feet below sea level, but the Challenger Deep is 35,876 feet down at its lowest point.

The Dead Sea in Israel is over 1,400 feet below sea level, but the Challenger Deep is 35,876 feet down at its lowest point. While most of the ocean bottom is nowhere near that low, life on land ...

Vast amounts of organic carbon settle on the seafloor each year, coming from decaying marine life and from living (or once living) material washed in from land. When stored in the marine environment, ...

The minerals that are being targeted form a critical part of the sea floor, and the sea floor is what life attaches to in the ...

An international team of scientists has moved beyond just 'scratching the surface,' to understand how microplastics move through and impact the global ocean. For the first time, scientists have ...