Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Researchers analyzing samples from the deepest-ever marine drilling expedition identify living microbes, while a team exploring the Arctic finds life thriving below the ice.

Hypersaline, anoxic basins on the Mediterranean seafloor harbor pockets of unique and diverse life.

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will keep the vessel that took the movie director to the deepest part of the ocean last year.

Google Maps is adding panoramic images of coral reefs to its Street View option, allowing web surfers to better navigate the oceans.

The discovery of deep-sea hydrothermal vents along the Galápagos Rift revealed a biological Garden of Eden.

See some of the images brought up from early trips to the Galápagos Rift, where an ecosystem thrives around hydrothermal vents.

Scientists take to the seas to study the effects of Fukushima radiation on local marine life.