Polynesians navigated by observing the behaviour of birds, clouds, and swells. But they also relied on a mysterious ...

A tusk originally discovered in 2019 at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean has been identified as a mammoth tusk. The tusk was found by a team from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute 185 miles ...

Scientists probing the bottom of the Pacific Ocean made a surprising discovery: animals living underneath the seafloor in an area with volcanic activity. Giant tubeworms, which are known as the ...

Topline A leak in the Pacific Ocean’s floor has scientists concerned it could fuel “the big one,” a magnitude-9.0 earthquake that would be one of the strongest earthquakes the U.S. has ever ...

In 2022, researchers aboard the E/V Nautilus made a discovery on the floor of the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii. While surveying the Liliʻuokalani Ridge in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National ...

Nation/World WWII bomber found on Pacific Ocean floor — with a bomb still attached and vintage car on board Published: Apr. 27, 2025, 9:00 a.m.

Researchers from the Schmidt Ocean Institute of California filmed the never-before-seen seamount, which stretches 1.9 miles towards the surface from the Pacific Ocean floor and features a thriving ...

Promise and Peril at the Bottom of the Sea How a mining company and a regulator are balancing billions of dollars in profits against the future of the Pacific.

Two decommissioned U.S. Navy vessels were sent to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean in live-fire sinking drills.

If you had "scientists discover spooky golden orb at the site of an ancient underwater volcano" on your 2023 bingo card, boy, are you in luck.

A new study has found that deep-sea mining may pose a big threat to tuna species moving into the eastern Pacific Ocean as climate change pushes them into the open ocean.