A recent discovery has revealed a gigantic underground ocean, three times larger than all of Earth's surface oceans combined, ...

The ocean's twilight zone is deep, dark, and—according to new research—iron deficient. No sunlight reaches this region 200 to ...

Inorganic nanostructures surrounding deep-ocean hydrothermal vents closely resemble molecules essential for life.

Mankind has mined the earth’s surface for thousands of years. Now there’s a furious race to find even more metal that will ...

The Ocean Photographer of the Year competition, hosted by Oceanographic Magazine and Blancpain, aims to highlight the beauty ...

A new exhibit lets visitors jump straight into the strangest layer of the ocean, bringing the creatures that live in the ...

The massive 2010 oil spill damaged or killed coral in the Gulf of Mexico. Now some of the $20 billion settlement is helping ...

G. Michael Harris, an explorer who has led dives to the Titanic 17 times, suggested to PEOPLE that the hearing has been “so ...

Plants found to photosynthesize 160 feet beneath the surface of the Arctic Ocean offer tantalizing prospects for the future.

UD professor and students head out on the Hugh R. Sharp Research Vessel to study the boundary between the ocean and the air ...

A new study could change the way scientists view microbial processes in the deep ocean. The unexpected findings expand our understanding of the impacts of climate change, including how and where the ...