Some 1,400 kilometers off the coast of Chile, rare deep-sea creatures drift along a garden of sponges and corals that grow along the flanks of a 3,100-meter-tall undersea mountain. A monthlong survey ...

Scientists discover a new species of Dumbo octopus in the Pacific, Grimpoteuthis feitiana, inspired by the flying figures of ...

Flying spaghetti monsters and ghostly octopuses can be found in the depths of a newly-discovered underwater mountain near South America's west coast, according to oceanographers led by the Schmidt ...

Three species of black coral have been discovered on the seabed of the northern Pacific Ocean, an area where several countries have contracts to explore for metals including cobalt and nickel as they ...

The Axial Seamount, an underwater volcano off the Pacific northwest coast, has been showing signs of an impending eruption, researchers at Oregon State University said The volcano has seen an increase ...

NEWPORT, Ore. — Deep beneath the Pacific Ocean, nearly a mile underwater, scientists are keeping a close watch on a very active underwater volcano. The Axial Seamount volcano is located about 300 ...

Three hundred miles off the Oregon coast and 4,900 feet beneath the Pacific Ocean, Axial Seamount—one of the Pacific Northwest's most active submarine volcanos—is showing signs of eruption. Last ...