These mountains are sculpted when an underwater volcano explodes, spewing hot plumes from the mantle in pipe-like upwellings. Over 11 million square miles of Earth’s ocean floor is covered with ...

The charismatic ocean advocate and founder of National Geographic Pristine Seas continues to find new ways to combine ...

Quark Expeditions has announced the latest addition to its fleet: the Ocean Explorer. The 138-passenger polar expedition ship will set sail at the start of the Antarctic 2024-25 season. Ocean Explorer ...

Light shines through the water of a rocky cave in the deep sea. Ocean explorer Jon Copley has completed dozens of dives to the darkest corners of the deep sea. Yet he is still amazed every time he ...

Where others might have pulled their small child away from the tumbling whitewater, her mother instead recognized her ...

Officials said the expedition cruise ship that ran aground in northeast Greenland earlier this week with more than 200 people on board wouldn't be able to be rescued until Friday morning at the ...

The Ocean Explorer expedition ship ran aground in the Alpefjord in Northwest Greenland National Park on Sept. 11. Photo Credit: SIRIUS/Arctic Command An expedition ship ran aground in northeastern ...

The Ocean Explorer cruise ship that was stuck for several days after it ran aground in a national park in Greenland was finally pulled free Thursday. The luxury vessel and its 206 passengers and crew ...

The phenomenon of bioluminescence can be observed both on land and in the water, and the magic lies in nature's chemistry.

OAKLAND, Calif. -- National Geographic explorer-in-residence Sylvia Earle found her love for the ocean at an early age and has been making a splash ever since. "I wanted to be someone who could really ...

Despite celebrating her 88th birthday last August, Sylvia Earle seems to whirl around the globe faster than a hurricane gathering strength. She still travels about 300 days of the year and just ...