Researchers find massive seamount with flying spaghetti monsters, 20 new species Researchers found a squid so rare there are only a few samples of them, several of them dating back to over a ...

Rotjan: A seamount is an underwater mountain that has all of the things that mountains on land have, but instead of wind and precipitation, it has ocean currents that carry oxygen and nutrients.

It’s hard to fathom that 80 per cent of the Earth’s oceans has never been mapped, explored, or even seen by humans. And yet, scientists are constantly discovering new life forms beneath the waves. It ...

A Boston University led team of scientists analyzed a Pacific Ocean seamount that is teeming with biologically diverse corals and sea creatures Rising mountain peaks and sharp rock formations ...

A digital map of the newly discovered seamount. The seamount covers an area of about 70 square kilometers, with its summit at a depth of 994 meters and the base at 4,103 meters. Schmidt Ocean ...

Schmidt Ocean Institute (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) The scientists encountered a flying spaghetti monster (Bathyphysa conifera) while exploring the seamounts.

A volcano eruption near Oregon is brewing — but don't panic about Axial Seamount. The undersea volcano has been attracting attention for months as scientists prepare for an eruption they expect ...

Nearly a mile deep, the Pacific Ocean volcano known as Axial Seamount is drawing increasing scrutiny from scientists who only discovered its existence in the 1980s.

The volcano, known as Axial Seamount, is more than 4,900 feet beneath the Pacific Ocean and 300 miles off the Oregon coast, but it is showing signs it will soon erupt for the first time since 2015.

Ahead of COP16, an expedition to the Gorringe seamount, western Europe's largest underwater mountain, reveals threats facing ocean biodiversity ...

Seamounts like these are often formed by volcanic activity and can be found in every ocean basin on Earth. They typically support a thriving deep-sea ecosystem that is teaming with life.