The ocean is filled with creatures that range from eye-catching and adorable to spine-chillingly deadly, but scientists just discovered a bizarre natural phenomenon that might be even more interesting ...

Slow waves meander westward out in the deep ocean south of Australia. Sometimes they carry with them carry large eddies, whirlpools over 100 miles across. But every so often, these whirlpools combine ...

Move over, Superman, with your X-ray vision. Marine scientists have figured out a way to see through the ocean’s surface and detect what’s below, with the help of satellites. Using sensor data from ...

They are impossible to see, but astronomers are convinced they exist. Black holes are tears in the fabric of space-time that pull in everything that comes too close to them. Some of the largest ocean ...

They sail straight across one of the world’s most dangerous ocean whirlpools—but the sea is so calm that she naps through the entire thing. A rare look at the Moskenesstraumen when it’s quiet enough ...

For the first time, researchers have been able to observe double whirlpools, and they monitored not just one but nine different pairs through the use of satellite imagery. The Earth's oceans are ...

From giant whirlpools to currents 1,000km wide, scientists said today they have uncovered how vast amounts of carbon are locked away in the depths of the Southern Ocean, boosting researchers ability ...

Scientists have spotted a bizarre phenomenon reeling through the southern seas: linked swirls of water that resemble giant whirlpools spinning in opposite directions. Rotating masses of water called ...

The pair of eddies was discovered spinning across the Tasman Sea off the southeast of Australia and in the South Atlantic, west of South Africa. It traveled about 1,000 miles in six months—around 5.5 ...

Move over, Superman, with your X-ray vision. Marine scientists have now figured out a way to "see through" the ocean's surface and detect what's below, with the help of satellites in space. Using ...