What lies beneath the waves is among the planet’s biggest mysteries. About half of Earth’s surface remains unknown and unexplored. That’s because humans have mapped only a quarter of the seafloor, ...

Researchers have uncovered a massive underwater mountain that was previously unknown in the Pacific Ocean. The mountain, known as a seamount, sits around 13,100 feet below sea level and peaks at a ...

A mountain would seem to be a tough thing to miss, but a new one has been found off the coast of Northern California. The seamount, as underwater mountains are called, was discovered by a seafloor ...

Flying spaghetti monsters and ghostly octopuses can be found in the depths of a newly-discovered underwater mountain near South America's west coast, according to oceanographers led by the Schmidt ...

The surprisingly circular seamount rises about 3,300 feet off the seafloor, and has “relatively steep, smooth sides,” scientists say. Saildrone image A mountain would seem to be a tough thing to miss, ...