Around the world are deep holes in otherwise shallow waters, the most famous is the Great Blue Hole in Belize, but we've ...

Off the coast of Belize, in the Caribbean Sea, lies a captivating natural wonder familiar to any nature photography ...

Scientists exploring the South China Sea's Dragon Hole, a deep underwater sinkhole, discovered a thriving microbial world and ...

From the air, it looks like an ink spill in turquoise water, a perfect circle that seems to drop straight into the planet.

In the South China Sea, near the Paracel Islands, the aqua-colored waters of an expansive shallow reef platform suddenly gives way to a near vertical shaft of vast darkness – an ocean sinkhole almost ...

A diver’s view looking up to the opening of the seafloor hole known as Amberjack Hole, which was explored last year. Image courtesy of Mote Marine Laboratory/AJ Gonzales Tales of the ocean swallowing ...

Scientists exploring the mysterious "Dragon Hole" in the South China Sea have discovered around 1,700 strange viruses in oxygen-free waters, revealing a hidden world of extreme life beneath the ocean.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Sinkholes are natural depressions that form when rock ...

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