Earth's vast oceanic biodiversity remains largely unexplored, with only a fraction of an estimated two million total living ...

Orpheus, a small AUV built by Orpheus Ocean, has completed six dives to depths of 3.5 miles. The AUV, based in New Bedford, is designed to explore extreme ocean depths and collect data. The company ...

Scientists have found that oceanic manta rays routinely make extreme dives of more than 1,200 meters – three-quarters of a ...

Microplastics are so pervasive they have even been discovered in the deepest known part of the ocean: the Mariana Trench. While it has been long understood that microplastics exist on the surface of ...

The coral Iridogorgia chewbacca, found in the tropical Pacific, has long branches, and its DNA confirms that it is a new species.

Learn how tracking data shows that manta rays plunge more than 4,000 feet down in the deep sea not to hunt, but to find their ...

A local man has become the 717th person in history to cross the Kármán line (the boundary of space). Aaron Newman is an ...

When Dwayne LaGrou asked Weird Animal Question of the Week what animals have the largest eyes for their body size, we were ...