The ocean plate was once the seafloor of Neotethys — an ocean that formed when the supercontinent Pangaea broke up into a ...

Deep beneath Iraq, a long-lost oceanic plate is breaking apart, causing shifts that stretch from southeastern Turkey to ...

Namibia is a top safari destination partly due to its dramatic landscapes. With a new safari, travelers can explore three of ...

Thousands of marine species from microscopic zooplankton to the largest cetaceans rely on sound for survival and many have ...

An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has investigated the influence of the forces exerted by the ...

Research suggests that an ancient shoreline helped to sculpt the drop between Mars' southern and northern hemispheres.

Deep-sea researchers have launched a groundbreaking project to investigate "dark oxygen"—a form of oxygen produced in total darkness on the ocean floor. The initiative follows last year's ...

Scientists are finding ways to take advantage of one of the biggest reserves of renewable energy in the known universe—the ocean. A team of researchers from the United States has made a significant ...

The 171-foot-tall (52 meters) spacecraft exploded over the Atlantic Ocean near the Turks and Caicos islands around 8.5 minutes after launch, creating a spectacular sky show witnessed by many ...

Although we have only mapped around 25% of the sea bottom, NASA’s Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite has recently made a significant effort to shed light on that area, and it has been ...