Born on July 30, 1920, geologist and cartographer Tharp changed scientific thinking about what lay at the bottom of the ocean – not a featureless flat, but rugged and varied terrain.

This reduction, mostly resulting from a global slowdown in seafloor spreading, caused ocean basins to deepen. In addition, the researchers calculated that heat flowing into the ocean from the hot ...

Every day, he gets to do both. Nearly 450 million years ago, an echinoderm with the build of an oversize sperm lumbered across the seafloor. The lineage of that creature, the pleurocystitid ...

Seventy-one percent of the planet is covered by ocean. If we were to make an elevation average of the Earth’s surface, we’d be 2,000 meters (almost 6,600 feet) below the sea. This vast expanse ...

Many creatures do this by burrowing, and those under the seafloor are no exception. Bioturbation affects the way that nutrients cycle through sediments in an ecosystem, and, in turn, how the ...

The Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio, a key valuation measure, is calculated by dividing the stock's most recent closing price by the sum of the diluted earnings per share from continuing operations ...

A scary-looking creature with “devil” in its name was spotted close to the surface off Tenerife, a Spanish island. By Victor Mather Strange things live in the depths of the ocean. Even the ...

The Floor is a game show based on a hit Dutch series in which contestants battle over trivia questions to take control of spaces on the board, a life-sized “floor” that lights up according to ...

In what may be the world's first-ever recorded sighting, a black seadevil — anglerfish known for living thousands of feet beneath the ocean's surface where the light no longer touches — was ...

Marine biologist Dr Chris Gillies discusses the world-first project to revive marine life by creating novel sea sponge nurseries on the Apollo Bay's sea-floor. Photo shows New Year's Weather ...

At Union and Finch in Allentown, nostalgia is on the menu. Lehigh Valley native Kate Kareha is exploring the magic of the iconic Hess's Department Store in a new podcast. "I am so curious about ...