Researchers from the University of Delaware’s College of Earth, Ocean and Environment helped lead the charge of underwater discovery in 2025, leading research cruises that each employed one of the ...

The ocean is vast, deep, and often inaccessible to humans. But in recent decades, robots and other technologies have started to give researchers a view of life thousands of meters below the ocean’s ...

Cutting-edge ROVs and ocean-mapping drones helped to find and identify the long-lost wreck of the World War II-era Japanese destroyer Teruzuki, rewriting history in the process. Jesse Orrall ...

Newly found polymetallic nodules were spotted on the seabed at 5,645 m water depth to the east of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands by the Orpheus AUV. KINGSTON, R.I. — July 7, 2025 — A ...

It is useful to encourage broad information sharing about ocean exploration initiatives, whether undertaken by the United States or by other nations. Such information sharing could include information ...

You may be hearing a lot lately about critical minerals and rare earth elements. These natural materials are essential to ...

TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (OMEX) (NASDAQ: OMEX), an ocean exploration pioneer engaged in the discovery, development, and extraction of subsea strategic minerals ...

Humanity is rapidly altering a vast ecosystem that sustains life on land and sea. But restoration is nearly impossible without understanding it better. Edith Widder is CEO and senior scientist at the ...

Despite the deep ocean covering two-thirds of our planet’s surface, humans have only explored a staggering 0.001% of it, according to a study published in Science Advances on May 7. This tiny fraction ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While some of the wrecks were first located over 30 years ago, the latest expedition allowed for a far more detailed and ...

A famed Japanese destroyer sunk by U.S. torpedoes during a pivotal battle in World War II has been discovered on the floor of the Pacific Ocean more than 80 years after it sank, an exploration team ...