When Hans Hartman, a civil engineer, attempted to film the ocean depths in 1917, he pioneered what would become the first deep-sea ROV, or remotely operated vehicle. During an era of silent movies and ...

Upstate Film’s Orpheum Theatre at 198 Main St. plays host to “Hydrosphere,” a one-day festival exploring the water world in ...

Tasha Van Zandt's 'A Life Illuminated,' about oceanographer Dr. Edith Widder, feels by-the book, but that only allows its subject to really shine.

Marine researchers exploring extreme depths say they have discovered an astonishing deep-sea ecosystem of chemosynthetic life that’s fueled by gases escaping from fractures in the ocean bed. The ...

This video takes you 500 meters below the ocean surface in a real submarine. The footage captures the descent, the deep-sea ...

We know next to nothing about 99.999 percent of the seafloor. How one researcher plans to democratize deep-sea exploration. Katy Croff Bell, who has been an ocean researcher for 25 years, is working ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of isopod in the deep waters of the South China Sea — though its name has come from a galaxy far, far away. According to experts, the Bathynomus vaderi can ...