When most of us picture the ocean, we imagine turquoise waves, colorful reefs, and shoals of darting fish. But that’s only the surface. Venture deeper, far below the last reach of sunlight, and you ...

Somewhere in the North Atlantic, more than a kilometer beneath its surface, a cold-water coral reef stretches across an ...

In total, the team found nearly 300 different types of underwater species during their six week mission. Find out more here.

This octopus can brood its eggs for nearly four years without eating. Here’s how this biological extreme has reshaped how ...

Scientists discover underwater mountain ranges, golden towers of coral, and never-before-seen sea creatures.

A surprising mystery has been uncovered off the coastlines of Britain’s Caribbean territories. The first expedition revealed an underwater mountain range, a massive blue hole, and coral ...

In July and August scientists onboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor (too) spotted the oddities through the eyes of an underwater robot as they explored the Mar del Plata Canyon.

The ocean is home to some of the strangest-looking creatures in the world. It seems that the deeper you go, the stranger the ...

An underwater voyage has revealed a network of creatures thriving at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches. In these extreme environments, the crushing pressure, scant food and lack of sunlight can ...

We turn now to the ocean with NPR's Short Wave podcast. This story plays out in the midnight zone, which is 1,000 to 4,000 meters below the surface... (SOUNDBITE OF SUBMARINE MOVING) MA: ...Even ...

Thousands of feet deep in the South Pacific Ocean, a pair of scientists piloted a submersible through the dark waters and scanned the seafloor. Some pale creatures with dozens of tentacles caught ...