Scientists on the US West Coast say they discovered three previously unknown species of deep-sea spider that could have a ...

Scientists have long debated the role of “bioturbation” — the excavation and stirring up of seafloor sediments caused by these species. Part of the challenge has come from trying to understand how the ...

That's because humans have seen less than 0.001% of the globe's deep seafloor, according to a new study. In fact, the area of the deep seafloor that's been directly visualized is roughly ...

In a new study published in Science Advances, researchers reveal that humans have visually documented just 0.001% of the deep seafloor—an area barely larger than Rhode Island. “I knew it was g ...

The surprisingly circular seamount rises about 3,300 feet off the seafloor, and has “relatively steep, smooth sides,” scientists say. Saildrone image A mountain would seem to be a tough thing ...

Scientists probing the bottom of the Pacific Ocean made a surprising discovery: animals living underneath the seafloor in an area with volcanic activity. Giant tubeworms, which are known as the ...

The world’s biggest iceberg – more than twice the size of Britain’s capital city - is on the move after decades of being grounded on the seafloor in Antarctica. The huge mass of ice broke ...

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Its underground ocean has long made it one of the most promising candidates in our solar system to host life, but theoretical studies of its seafloor are putting a damper on its promise.

A big section of the Titanic’s famous railing has broken off and is sitting on the seafloor. AP “It is a haunting image rising from the sea floor as a testament to her strength and defiance ...

The crew was testing the feasibility of mining seafloor deposits full of copper and some gold. It was probably the closest thing in the world to an operational deep-sea mining site. And the more I ...