In an exciting development in the pursuit of extraterrestrial life, NASA has uncovered and mapped out underground oceans on ...

A new study out of the U.K. lays out how thumbs helped shape brain development in humans and other primates. Scientists found ...

Researchers are using a 3D map of the ocean to get a detailed understanding of life beneath the surface, a breakthrough that could help preserve the fragile ecosystems that basically keep the ...

Scientists are mapping the entire ocean floor as part of an ambitious project that could finally find the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. They will use state-of-the-art technology to explo… ...

An international team of scientists and cartographers has released the most detailed map ever of the seafloor of the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica. It covers 48 million km² (19 million ...

This new map outlines a variety of previously undiscovered features deep beneath the ocean's surface, including thousands of mountains, undersea volcanoes and ridges long buried under sediment.

Well, it turns out, for most of the planet’s surface — the ocean floor, that is — we don’t have very good maps. Researchers announced Friday that they’ve completed a map for just over ...

As plastic pollution emerges as one of the planet's most pressing environmental threats, Tulane University scientists have ...

The seas have long sustained human life, but a new UC Santa Barbara study shows that rising climate and human pressures are ...

Kiko was a Category 4 hurricane in the North Pacific Ocean Wednesday evening Pacific time, the National Hurricane Center said ...