Marine biologists will drop 120 tonnes of rubble onto the sea floor off the coast of south-west Victoria to grow new sponge ...

“Once saturation is reached, the diver can stay at the bottom for days, weeks, and months without needing any additional ...

The deepest regions of Earth's oceans, known as the abyssal and hadal zones, lie at least as far under the water's surface as Mount Rainier's peak rises above the land surface. These great depths of 4 ...

We know octopuses are intelligent, but watch as this octopus surprises scientists by finding its own way to solve a problem.

In the previous work, researchers uncovered that metallic rocks present on the Pacific Ocean floor produce their own oxygen in the absence of sunlight. The discovery of dark oxygen has shaken the ...

Rising mountain peaks and sharp rock formations cover the ocean floor, with corals ... that dare climbers and hikers to brave their peaks, underwater mountains, called seamounts, are vastly ...

This idea runs counter to the usual belief that oxygen only forms in sunlight through photosynthesis ... cobalt and nickel – uncovered ferromanganese nodules resting on the ocean floor. Ferromanganese ...

As new sea passages open up, the commercial and defence possibilities are becoming irresistible. To take advantage, America desperately needs ships ...

India is planning to launch its first human-carrying underwater vehicle -- also ... and ‘poly-metallic sulphides’ from the floor of the ocean. According to a report in The Hindu, the deep ...

Organisms in the deep sea rely on gravity flows to lay down sediment and then make burrows beneath the seafloor, according to a new study.