The Cascadian Subduction Zone is a large strike-slip fault off the coast of the Pacific Northwest. That’s where two of the ...

As part of the ongoing effort, a NASA-supported team recently published one of the most detailed maps yet of the seafloor.

Until 1957, most of the public believed that the bottom of the ocean was a flat featureless expanse of sand, stretching endlessly around the globe. Then the first relief map of the Atlantic Ocean ...

The magnificent Lusitania sank in just 18 minutes, carrying secrets and riches to the bottom of the ocean. This is the dramatic, decades-long story of the high-stakes race to recover her lost ...

An underwater voyage has revealed a network of creatures thriving at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches. In these extreme environments, the crushing pressure, scant food and lack of sunlight can ...

Sharks protect ocean ecosystems and store carbon, making them vital allies in the fight against climate change. Learn why ...

Along certain parts of the ocean floor lies a bounty of rare minerals and metals, critical components for batteries, electric cars and other electronics. But mining for them in the deep sea is a ...

Thriving communities that derive their energy from chemical reactions have been discovered at the bottom of deep trenches in the northwest Pacific Ocean. The presence of these chemosynthetic ...

As a cloud of destruction approaches, all the creatures in its path scramble desperately to get out of the way—fleeing for their lives. However fast they go, they can't outpace it. It looms closer and ...

Researchers found a new sea spider with a giant nose, leg cannons, and—most remarkably—a novel way of surviving in the lightless, freezing environment miles below the sea surface. These oceanic ...