Last year, the team made headlines when it published a paper describing how metal lumps at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean ...

A breakthrough discovery of oxygen production in darkness could redefine life's origins on Earth and open new frontiers in space exploration.

Coral reefs are filled with colorful ocean life. But they're in danger of dying off ... Coral reefs cover less than 1% of the ocean floor. But, they provide an essential ecosystem for a quarter ...

On a recent and very foggy morning, I met the small team of Ghost Diving USA at the 22nd Street landing in San Pedro. They’re the local chapter of a global mission to clean up ghost nets ...

They drift on ocean ... if they’re left to float through the ocean forever. Asha de Vos As a marine biologist, Asha works to educate future generations on the importance of marine life conversation.

We're opposing lax environmental standards ... focused mostly in the Pacific Ocean. Life on the deep ocean floor is still a mysterious realm that scientists have only just begun to inventory. They ...

In the 1960s, the Navy built a series of underwater habitats and trained a group of men to live in them. When our story left off, the Navy had successfully operated a Sealab 205 feet below sea level.

The Humboldt Current that flows north along the Chilean coast delivers cool, nutrient-rich seawater that fuels the diversity of life found across the underwater mountain range. The Schmidt Ocean ...

The problem with any deep-ocean animal is that not much is known about their lives. You have to put down expensive submersibles and observe them over a long period of time. Collections of them are ...

The nodules consist of a range of minerals, depending on where they’re ... Life thousands of feet below sea level tends to be slow-growing and fragile. Even small disruptions to the ocean floor ...