Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sigh of relief washes over the crew. The sun peeks out from the angry clouds. They made it, they think. The small fishing vessel ...

When thinking of rogue waves breaking out in the middle of the ocean, for surfers at least, one liquid monstrosity comes to mind – Cortes Bank, the mythical big wave gauntlet breaking some 100 miles ...

Once thought to be sailors’ myths, rogue waves gained credibility after a towering 80-foot wall of water struck the Draupner oil platform in 1995. New research shows that these extreme waves don’t ...

The ocean is an intriguing and mysterious place. For every new species of sea creature we find, there are an untold number of others waiting to be discovered. But it isn't just sea life that has kept ...

A size comparison of the "Draupner Wave" to 3 school buses stacked horizontally on top of one another. On New Year’s Day 1995, a monstrous 80-foot wave in the North Sea slammed into the Draupner oil ...

A sigh of relief washes over the crew. The sun peeks out from the angry clouds. They made it, they think. The small fishing vessel survived amidst a storm of biblical proportions and unfathomably ...

Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology Rogue waves have captivated the attention of both seafarers and scientists for decades. These are giant, ...