What is an ocean quahog? How long do they live for? Nick Baker explains the secrets behind the world’s oldest ever animal ...

Kemp’s ridley sea turtles, one of the most endangered sea turtle species on Earth, live in some of the noisiest waters on the ...

In July and August scientists onboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor (too) spotted the oddities through the eyes of an underwater robot as they explored the Mar del Plata Canyon.

There isn’t a lot going on here, compared to other places. For example, a sample from the bottom of the North Sea can contain up to 20,000 animals, while a sample from the deep sea floor may only have ...

Photographers capture mutant crayfish, cleaning fish, and synchronized whales in this year's top underwater contests.

We often think of the ocean as a pretty serene & relaxing. But it turns out, it's shockingly loud under the waves, and some of the culprits are not the animals you'd expect! Join Hank Green for an ...

For example, the World War II tanker E.M. Clark sank on a relatively flat, sandy seabed in 1942 when it was torpedoed by a German submarine. To this day, the intact metal wreck looms over the North ...

SAN JUAN ISLAND, Wash. — As dawn broke over San Juan Island, a team of scientists stood on the deck of a barge and unspooled over a mile of fiber-optic cable into the frigid waters of the Salish Sea.

This secretive native of both sides of the Caribbean—from Belize to the British Virgin Islands—hides out on ledges and in caves of reefs up to 140 feet below the surface of the sea. Although not being ...

NASA has taken images of an incredible phytoplankton display around the Chatham Islands where warm and colder water converge ...