ocean exploration

As part of the ongoing "Voyage to the Ridge 2022" expedition, scientists exploring the ocean floor have stumbled across an unidentified "blue goo" organism.

Aquatic Anomalies

What in the world?

Bizarre "Blue Goo" Organism at Bottom of Ocean Stumps Scientists

Roboticists at Stanford University announce the succesful exploration of two more sunken ships using their bleed-edge diving robot that is capable of touch.

Unholy Diver

It's excellent at exploring underwater worlds — and invading your nightmares.

Terrifying Humanoid Diving Robot With "Human" Sense of Touch Explores Shipwreck

NOAA Ocean Exploration scientists came across a series of organized sublinear holes on the Mid-Atlantic ocean floor, and it's unclear who or what made them.

Maritime Mystery

Scientists Puzzled by Strange Row of Holes on Ocean Floor

Last year, a remotely-controlled deep sea vessel got surprised by a massive sea creature while exploring a shipwreck in the Red Sea at almost 2,800 feet.

Giant Calamari

It was larger than a human, but it wasn't a giant squid.

Deep Sea Creature Surprises Researchers Exploring Shipwreck

Subnautica IRL

"Ocean exploration is 1,000 times more important than space exploration."

Check Out This Amazing Design for an Underwater "Space Station"

A team of scientists attached microelectronics to the undersides of jellyfish to create "biohybrid robots" that swim three times as fast as normal ones.

Cyborg Jellies

A global network of "biohybrid" jellyfish could help us explore the Earth's oceans.

Scientists Want to Explore Ocean With "Cyborg Jellyfish"

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences plan to construct a deep sea base run by artificially intelligent robots.