For most of the human history, the oceans represented something larger than any power could control. It was unfathomable and beyond conquest—wild, uncontained, and governed by forces of nature rather ...

It’s a few years away, but Victor Vescovo has already started working on the design of his next submersible. It will likely ...

Two earthquakes hit the area between Fiji and New Zealand on April 14 morning. The first quake measured 6.5, and the second ...

A new study indicates that Mercury's core-mantle boundary (CMB) may possess a diamond layer that extends up to 18 kilometers ...

B acteria, among the oldest of life forms, have lived in seemingly every possible habitat on the planet, from ocean trenches ...

When Hurricane Helene unleashed 15 inches of rain over two days in October 2024, the flood waters did not just recede quietly ...

Thirty-two cutters filled with British troops advanced steadily across the sea ... 1916 map compiled by Ottoman cartographers immediately after the Allied withdrawal. Unlike the trenches ...

And, worst of all, the pressure is so immense that even many species of weathered deep-sea marine life can't live there. So, ...

These deep sea dwellers, which live exclusively in Antarctic waters, are rarely seen, so they're largely mysterious. But the Schmidt Ocean Institute, a well-traveled ocean exploration group ...

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This is a spectacular setting for any exhibition, but is particularly well suited for the one now on view: “Ocean,” an expansive look at the pull that the deep has exerted on the human ...

The squid in the video offers an unprecedented look at the mysterious, deep-sea species—and on top of that, it’s a juvenile. “We get to introduce the live colossal squid to the world as this ...