Half of Earth’s oceans are more than 3.2km deep. Beneath them lie cavernous plains untouched by sunlight, vast gaping trenches made by Earth’s tectonic plates shifting, and ranges of underwater ...

It’s impossible to ignore a new discovery known affectionately as the death ball. And there’s a good reason to pay attention ...

The Pacific Ocean isn’t just the largest ocean on Earth — it’s a vast underwater graveyard and mystery zone that has swallowed centuries of our human history.

A push to mine waters around American Samoa without consent, a board appointed by the president dictating government decisions in Puerto Rico, the removal of immigration controls from the Commonwealth ...

Surfing the world's biggest waves takes a certain kind of commitment. Whether it's paddling undeterred into an over-sized XL bomb, or letting go of the rope on an 80-to-90 foot monster, there's a ...

Megalodon, the giant prehistoric shark that once ruled warm oceans, is having a very modern afterlife. Despite a clear scientific consensus that the species is long extinct, online speculation keeps ...

What if we found the way to drain all the Earth’s oceans through some mysterious portal at the bottom of the Mariana Trench? Ocean water makes up 70% of the Earth’s surface. How much liquid is that, ...

In an era of psychological thrillers and true crime, there is still nothing quite as satisfying as a good old-fashioned ...

F rom space, planet Earth looks like a perfect sphere. But it’s not. Obviously, the crust of the Earth is irregular, covered in jagged mountains and deep oceanic trenches, but even if it were ...

While swiping through your social media feed recently, you might have noticed a growing number of people swimming with giant sea creatures on an average Tuesday. At first, you might find the idea of ...

We're right to pull up Keir Starmer on his bad decisions – but the prime minister now needs to focus on getting rid of ...