Far below the turquoise surface of the Caribbean, an almost perfectly circular patch of dark water drops away so sharply that ...

A blue hole in the sea near Mexico is so deep that humans have yet to reach its bottom. It also has certain conditions that ...

Despite crushing pressure, total darkness and near-freezing temperatures, researchers found an underwater world teeming with ...

Researchers have discovered an underwater sinkhole so deep, they haven’t even reached the bottom yet. Taam Ja' Blue Hole ...

Not only did the turf give way, but a feeling of certainty did as well. Heidelberg’s AJ Burkitt Oval, a small but beloved ...

Almost one decade of recorded data retrieved from deep coral reef dives reveals some of the first evidence of that climate ...

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 ...

Only a scattering of light penetrates the deep water, more than 300 feet beneath the ocean surface off the coast of Guam. It’s like twilight to the human eye, even in the middle of the day. This part ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Although most dissolved inorganic ...

Stanford researchers have uncovered evidence that deep underwater earthquakes can spur the growth of massive phytoplankton blooms at the ocean surface. Phytoplankton are microscopic, plant-like ...

Researchers have uncovered surprising evidence that the deep ocean’s carbon-fixing engine works very differently than long assumed. While ammonia-oxidizing archaea were thought to dominate carbon ...

Far below the surface of Chetumal Bay in Mexico, scientists mapped an underwater sinkhole that drops about 900 feet down. This newly described Taam ja Blue Hole is now ranked as the second deepest ...