Researchers have long been puzzled by the observed cooling of the eastern tropical Pacific and the Southern Ocean ...

A new subspecies of common bottlenose dolphin found only in the tropical regions of the eastern Pacific Ocean has been identified by researchers. An analysis of several specimens conducted by Ana ...

People commonly draw a parallel between outer space and Earth’s oceans, referring to both as the final frontiers of exploration. While Earth’s oceans are minuscule in size relative to space, they’re ...

The Pacific Ring of Fire, encircling the Pacific Ocean, accounts for approximately 90% of the world’s earthquakes, with 81% ...

Satellites have confirmed what mariners long suspected but could never fully prove: the open Pacific can spawn waves as tall ...

I've been to the Mariana Trench. The choice is clear: Protect one of earth's last frontiers or destroy it before we even understand what we're losing.

Researchers have discovered an “unexpected” accumulation of the radioactive isotope beryllium-10, deep underneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean. The team hopes their discovery could serve as an ...

The southern Indian Ocean off the west coast of Australia is becoming less salty at an astonishing rate, largely due to ...

Some 1,400 kilometers off the coast of Chile, rare deep-sea creatures drift along a garden of sponges and corals that grow along the flanks of a 3,100-meter-tall undersea mountain. A monthlong survey ...