Tropical Storm Gabrielle could form this week, while Mario could bring rain to Southern California in the Pacific.

This image from Seabed 2030 shows how much of the seafloor has been mapped, with black areas representing places without data yet. Vicki Ferrini For nearly a decade, scientists at Monterey Bay’s ...

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 explore ...

After hearing that a U.S. Navy submarine ran into an underwater mountain, Joe Wolfel was surprised to find out just how little both government and commercial organizations knew about the ocean floor.

detected by airborne instruments and used to map ocean eddies. Eddies, which affect shoreline weather and the fishing industry, represent “one of the largest unknowns in Earth’s climate models,” said ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A remotely controlled sailboat that maps the ocean floor arrived in Honolulu on Thursday afternoon as part of its maiden voyage. The 72-foot “Saildrone Surveyor” was built ...

National Geographic announced Tuesday that it is officially recognizing the body of water surrounding the Antarctic as the Earth's fifth ocean: the Southern Ocean. The change marks the first time in ...

With a call as loud as a large ship, fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) are among the noisiest creatures in the sea. For some seismologists who monitor earthquakes by recording seafloor vibrations, ...

The ocean covers more than 70 percent of the Earth's surface. Considering how vast it is, scientists know relatively little ...

The public weighed in on a list of 15 names for the Great Highway over the past two weeks and chose the top five contenders: Playland Parkway, Sunset Dunes, Great Parkway, Fog Line and Plover Parkway, ...