More than 71% of Earth is covered by oceans, but about 95% of them remain unexplored. Only about 20% of the seafloor has been ...

Even for the most educated scientists and experts, the ocean is a mysterious place. From the beautiful mysteries of bioluminescence to what elusive creatures, like colossal squids, look like in their ...

I recently participated in a three-week-long, National Science Foundation-funded research cruise to the Mariana Trench. Our target was an east-to-west transect starting near Guam, over the Challenger ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China has achieved a groundbreaking milestone by developing the Haiwei GD11000, the "world's first machine capable of laying ...

The Pacific Ocean is home to some of the deepest points on the planet. In fact, four of the top six deepest spots in the world can be found in the Pacific. The Pacific's basin is uniquely low, which ...