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All of Earth's deepest ocean trenches are located in the Pacific Ocean, a result of intense tectonic plate subduction. These ...

Mother Ocean Day is Saturday, May 9, so here’s a few facts about our waters.

Scientists explored deep ocean canyons using environmental DNA from water samples and found over 200 new species.

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Meet the bigfin squid, a quid with 'elbows', enormous rippling fins and tentacles like long, rippling strands of spaghetti ...

Record-breaking dive: Researchers used the Fendouzhe submersible to explore the hadal zone, reaching depths of 31,200 feet in ...

But it isn’t doing it alone; for a month starting this week, it will deploy two oblong neon submersibles as the project’s ...

Lake Superior lies north of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and is the largest of the region's five Great Lakes. Here's what to ...

New data confirms what climate experts have long worried about: a warm mass of deep polar water has expanded toward Antarctica.