Previously, scientists thought only microbes and viruses could live beneath the seafloor crust where tectonic plates meet.

The U.S. has the world's largest carrier fleet with 11 in service, while China ranks second with three and Japan has two ...

Advances in technology are helping explorers fulfill their purpose: Mapping the ocean floor in tiny detail for the first time.

Japan’s position along the “Ring of Fire”, a string of hundreds of volcanoes and earthquake sites in the Pacific Ocean, makes ...