Scientists have found a chain of underwater volcanoes near the Cook Islands, which are situated in the sea between French Polynesia and American Samoa — a beautiful forgotten territory of the United ...

GPS doesn't work when submarines submerge, instead crews rely on the Inertial Navigation System, tracking the submarine in relation to its starting point.

Scientists Create One of the Most Detailed Maps of the Ocean Floor, Find Close to 100,000 Submerged Mountains For decades, ...

It is often said that humanity has explored outer space more extensively than the depths of the oceans—but a team funded by ...

We've mapped the Moon more thoroughly than our own ocean floor, but a leap forward has come with NASA's SWOT satellite. Using tiny changes in sea surface height to reveal underwater features, ...

SWOT satellite data has been used to map the seafloor, revealing 100,000 seamounts, more than double the number previously ...

The blobfish went viral with this photo, but underwater they look like a completely different fish. They sustain tissue damage when they're brought from the ocean's depths to the surface.

The Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA), located in the Republic of Kiribati in the central Pacific Ocean, is the largest ...

The ocean covers 71% of Earth's surface, yet we have better maps of the Moon, Mars and Venus than we do of the ocean floor, ...

Researchers using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) have mapped the geology of the Mona Rift and made some astonishing ...

NASA's SWOT satellite has revealed unseen ocean depths, mapping seafloor features that shape life, currents and tectonics.