The sound of waves gently crashing is one of the most relaxing noises. But beneath the surface, things are far less peaceful.

Oestreich had years of experience at listening to and identifying the sounds the came from the deep, dark ocean and he was ...

A NEW hunt for the missing passenger plane MH370 is ready to launch after a “credible” search plan with new evidence was submitted to the Malaysian government. Underwater robotics ...

A mysterious sound heard booming from deep under the ocean waves has finally been traced to a fascinating source. First ...

Just as there’s hardly a mountaintop free from the roar of airplanes overhead, there’s virtually no place in the world’s oceans where human sounds aren’t detectable. The loudest and most disruptive ...

Oceanographers recently observed a staggeringly large predation event. Off the coast of Norway, over 10 million fish were ...

In the ocean’s abyss, deep-diving whales use echolocation to hunt in pitch dark. Emitting sounds that bounce off objects gives the whales a clear picture of their surroundings. “More often than any ...

Ocean scientists around the world are studying the "unique moment" of quiet created by the pandemic. The researchers have called their vast listening experiment: The year of the quiet ocean.

The study tracked 120 of the animals from 2013 to 2020. Scientists sound the alarm after uncovering unexpected behavior of ...

Woods Hole researchers use healthy reef sounds to encourage coral larvae growth, offering new hope for reef restoration.

But they used an acoustic instrument attached to the bottom of their vessel to beam sound waves into the water below. These ...

A thin layer at the ocean surface called the “ocean skin” increases CO₂ uptake by about 7%. That’s equivalent to the CO₂ ...