A sociologist at Memorial University of Newfoundland had a gnawing sensation that her students couldn't identify Europe or Africa on a map — or even the expansive ocean right outside their window You ...

Oceans may cover more than 70% of the Earth’s surface, but we have better maps of the moon than we do the seabed. There are good reasons for that: The ocean floor is obscured, and the harsh ...

Life at the bottom of the ocean is extreme. It's pitch black, the temperature hovers right above freezing and the pressure is immense. Although many species have evolved to survive and thrive at these ...

“We know more about the surface of the moon than we do about the bottom of the ocean.” It’s a sentiment that might explain the impulse to court danger and dive into the unknown, as the tourists on the ...