My desire to swim with sharks took root in the way of so many unexpected urges before it: while having beers with a close friend. Recounting a weekend in La Jolla, the manicured coastal enclave of ...

Somewhere in the North Atlantic, more than a kilometer beneath its surface, a cold-water coral reef stretches across an ...

Cold Great Lakes waters have preserved thousands of shipwrecks. See haunting underwater photos revealing the eerie wrecks ...

Cold Great Lakes waters have preserved thousands of shipwrecks. See haunting underwater photos revealing the eerie wrecks ...

The waters off the glittering coastlines of Britain's Caribbean territories have long been a mystery. But now scientists on ...

National Geographic explorer Tara Roberts tells how diving to surface the stories of sunken slave shipwrecks has changed her life.

When we dream of landscapes, we might imagine rolling valleys or rugged mountains. But there is a whole landscape hidden from human view: the secret world of the seafloor.

Deep-sea researchers captured rare footage of a fascinating creature living approximately 62 miles off California's coast. The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute observed the bumpy snailfish ...

Jessica Irving has received funding from the National Science Foundation to work with MERMAID. She is a member of the Earthscope Oceans Science Committee and was involved in the research study ...

West Texas is unforgiving. The region is vast and isolated. The elements are harsh. The terrain is dry and rough. But if you head out toward Balmorhea, you’ll find the deepest underwater cave in North ...

Deep underwater diving introduces dangers most people never consider. Pressure increases, nitrogen builds up, and judgment can become impaired without warning. Every meter deeper reduces safety ...

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