Although the Kamaehuakanaloa Seamount has been a little restless recently, new information about the undersea volcano is still sparse. The volcano, formerly called Loihi Seamount, is about 22 ...

Ahead of COP16, an expedition to the Gorringe seamount, western Europe's largest underwater mountain, reveals threats facing ocean biodiversity ...

"Every single seamount must be protected in the high seas. We should be pioneers of the 30 by 30 target," he says, referring to the global target aiming to protect 30 per cent of the world’s ...

The seamount, which supports a "thriving" ecosystem, is 1.9 miles tall, making it taller than five One World Trade Centers stacked on top of each other.

The Emperor Seamount Chain is a massive and richly biodiverse set of underwater mountains stretching about 3,000 kilometers (1,900 miles) south from the Aleutian Islands in the northwest Pacific ...

But the largest seamount, found off Chile, rises 8,796 feet (2,681 m) above the ocean's bottom, bringing it to within a mile of the surface.

The massive 1.5-mile tall seamount sits about 372 miles off the coast. Images created by the scientists show it covers about 280 square miles and is 3,772 feet below the surface, the institute says.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A remotely operated vehicle (ROV) collecting the megalodon tooth from a seamount.(Image ...

A seamount nearly twice the height of the world’s tallest building has been discovered on the ocean floor near Guatemala — and serves as a biodiversity hot spot.