A giant underwater canyon system in the Atlantic appears to have formed through tectonic forces rather than erosion.

The Senckenberg Ocean Species Alliance (SOSA), in partnership with the scientific publisher Pensoft Publishers and science ...

The "beast" Maps — called Leviathan, dragon, snake and more by some — is actually just a byproduct of the tectonic plates ...

Megalodon, the giant prehistoric shark that once ruled warm oceans, is having a very modern afterlife. Despite a clear ...

A new study claims that an 80-100-foot-wide layer of clay exacerbated the 2011 earthquake.

The chiton was first discovered in 2024 in the Izu-Ogasawara Trench at a depth of 5,500 meters. Ferreiraella populi belongs ...

A thin, soft and slippery layer of clay-rich mud embedded in rock below the seafloor intensified the 2011 Japan earthquake ...

MANILA, Philippines — It was no ordinary March morning in 2021 for Dr. Deo Florence Onda as he began to explore another world from inside a titanium submersible, free-falling toward the deepest part ...

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A new deep-sea species now carries a scientific name chosen by the internet, and researchers say the crowdsourced approach ...

The Trump administration argues that opening America’s seafloor to deep-sea mining is essential for strengthening our economy and securing our energy future.