Explorers know that the Earth’s oceans are vast, covering about 71% of the surface of the globe. According to a new study, ...

We know next to nothing about Earth’s seafloors. According to a study published May 7 in Science Advances, humans have only ...

Scientists believe that the motion of Earth's continents through plate tectonics has been largely steady over millions of years. New research, however, suggests this drift can speed up or slow down ...

That's because humans have seen less than 0.001% of the globe's deep seafloor, according to a new study. In fact, the area of the deep seafloor that's been directly visualized is roughly ...

As the last Ice Age came to an end nearly 10,000 years ago, something unexpected happened deep beneath Earth’s surface. Large ...

A multinational team of scientists aboard the Exploration Vessel Nautilus will set sail Monday for a 22-day mission to ...

Researchers have determined that a mysterious jawbone discovered on the seafloor off the coast of Taiwan was Denisovan, ...

Axial Seamount sits at a geological crossroads, fueling some of the most intense undersea action in the region.

One of the Pacific Ocean’s lesser-known volcanoes will blow its vent in the coming months, causing 10,000 earthquakes in one ...

Hotspot volcanoes are common on the seafloor. But Axial Seamount also ... (the Pacific and the Juan de Fuca plates) are constantly spreading apart, causing a steady buildup of pressure beneath ...