Landsat satellites have gone beyond observing Earth’s land by enabling new methods to measure ocean depth in shallow coastal ...

In the mid-20th century, when people looked at a map of the world, they saw the familiar continents surrounded by vast, ...

Off the coast of Chile and Peru, along the entire western length of South America, the seafloor takes a sharp, steep plunge deep into the Pacific Ocean. Known as the Chile margin, the region is ...

By surveying the same areas regularly, researchers can identify, map, and monitor deep sea ecosystems and their inhabitants .

Ocean explorers spotted what looked like a "yellow brick road" to Atlantis in the Pacific Ocean in 2022. Here's what we know ...

Hydrothermal vents are cracks in the ocean floor that release hot, mineral-rich water into the deep sea. They form when seawater seeps into Earth’s crust in areas where tectonic plates are eithe ...

beneath the sea on a stretch of ocean floor they nicknamed the Fava Flow Suburbs in the eastern Pacific Ocean. “Our discovery shows us that animal life in the ocean is not restricted to what we ...

A volcanically active ridge, the extensive rise occurs where two tectonic plates meet on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. Located along the ridge are hydrothermal vents, or openings in the seafloor ...

A robotic explorer filmed the deep-sea worm as part of Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition of the Chile Margin Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013.

Nigel Pickford has spent a lifetime searching for sunken treasure—without leaving dry land.

A deep-sea submersible found worms and snails living in cavities below the sea floor — the first time animals have been discovered in such habitats. The creatures may have been pushed into their ...

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 ...