A single expedition to a cluster of remote seamounts in the Indian Ocean turned up 149 species new to science, ranging across corals, mollusks and deep-water fish gathered from underwater peaks that ...

As part of the Luʻuaeahikiikapapakū – Ancient Volcanoes in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument expedition on Exploration Vessel Nautilus, a team of researchers will examine microbial ecosystem ...

The sixth dive of the 2026 Cook Islands ROV Exploration cruise took place on the lower flank of B1 Seamount. We explored the western ridge of the seamount during Dive 04 of the cruise, so this dive ...

Scientists discovered a rare “Dumbo” octopus near the Hawaiian Islands. The sea creature was spotted a mile below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, close by an unnamed seamount in the ...

In 2022, The Ocean Exploration Trust retrieved a megalodon tooth from a never-before-explored seamount in the Pacific Ocean, discovered at a depth of over 10,000 feet (3090 m). This significant ...

The largest of the four seamounts recently discovered by Schmidt Ocean Institute experts is 1.5 miles high and covers about 280 square miles. Schmidt Ocean Institute image A team of scientists ...

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. Half of Earth's oceans are ...

A large seamount southeast of Hawaiʻi has been named Konter Ridge (0N, 135W) in honor of Jasper Konter (1977–2022), who was a professor of Earth sciences at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa School ...

InVADER studies underwater hydrothermal systems at Axial Seamount, the largest and most active volcano on western boundary of the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate off the coast of Oregon. The vents at the ...

A deep-sea expedition in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument will be streamed live, allowing participants to interact with scientists and watch live undersea footage through May 1.