Five Italians, including a professor and her 20-year-old daughter, died during a scuba diving excursion in the Maldives. An investigation is underway into what went wrong.

A dangerous underwater cave, rough seas, a failed rescue mission and a military diver's death turned a scientific trip in the Maldives into a multi-layered tragedy that raised fresh questions about extreme recreational diving.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The surface of the Earth is about two-thirds water, but how much of the world’s deep seas do you think we’ve explored? Dr. Katy Croff Bell founded the Ocean Discovery League and by their estimate, just 0.001% of our planet’s ...

Researchers have recovered 500-year-old artifacts from the deepest-known shipwreck in French waters using a robot capable of operating at crushing depths.

Orpheus Ocean ’s AUVs can reach a depth of up to 11,000 meters to perform high-resolution surveys and seafloor sampling. Spun out of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the company has raised approximately $3 million in total funding across its early stages, including a most recent investment in early 2026.