The three-person submersible was 8,200 feet deep in the Pacific when its occupants saw flashes of molten lava.

The two vessels had been trafficking hundreds of enslaved Africans when a navigational error led them astray. They sank off the coast of Costa Rica in the 18th century ...

Researchers exploring the underwater wreck of an American aircraft carrier have discovered what's left of a wood-panelled ...

This spring, a Wisconsin elementary school gathered its students together for a special ceremony honoring a discoverer: ...

There is currently no commercial deep-sea mining happening anywhere in the world, though companies have been pushing for years. They appear to have found a new champion in Trump.

As scientists reveal we have only explored 0.001 per cent of the deep ocean, an interactive graphic shows what is lurking ...

Australian maritime archaeologists are helping to decontaminate rusty war shipwrecks in the Pacific, preventing billions of ...

Finding aircraft actively involved in the pivotal battle of World War II in the Pacific was the most important discovery in ...

The deep sea refers to the part of the ocean below 200 meters (656 ft.), at which light begins to disappear. Despite making ...

A multinational team of scientists aboard the Exploration Vessel Nautilus will set sail Monday for a 22-day mission to ...

An unusual formation has been discovered at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, and its origin remains a mystery to scientists.

NOAA scientists uncover a towering stone monolith in Papahānaumokuākea, revealing new insights into the Pacific’s deep-sea ...