The Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the world’s oceans, has long captivated scientists and explorers alike. Located in ...

In a dramatic turn of events, a space capsule carrying the ashes of over 160 people and a batch of cannabis seeds met a ...

However, off the coast of northern Chile, the trench plunges to almost 25,246 ft (8,000 m) below the surface— well within the deepest part of the ocean, known as the Hadal zone.

The Pacific Islands see themselves not as small island nations but as large ocean states, and they know that their prosperity is tied to that of the ocean. “We are not just seeing it at some ...

Sophie Elmhirst’s “A Marriage at Sea” chronicles the doomed aquatic adventure of a British husband and wife in 1972.

Here’s how it works. The largest ocean basin is the Pacific, followed by the Atlantic, Indian, Southern and the Arctic. (Image credit: FrankRamspott via Getty Images) ...

Japan will from January attempt to extract rare earth minerals from the ocean floor in the deepest trial of its kind, the ...

Oxygen-starved ocean “dead zones,” where fish and animals cannot survive, have been expanding in the open ocean and coastal waters for several decades as a result of human agricultural and industrial ...

Peru draws tourists eager to explore the remnants of South America’s ancient civilisations. There’s much to uncover in this ...

Nice, France — "There is no climate action without ocean action," President Hilda Heine of the Marshall Islands told reporters, as she and other representatives of Pacific island states ...

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has described as "disappointing" the absence of a high-ranking delegation from the United States at a United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice, France.

This is a big deal," meteorologist Michael Lowry said. "For hurricane forecasting, this is the biggest hit that I've seen to ...