Gustav Friedrich Adolph Quick, 89, the last surviving crew member of the German pocket battleship Graf Spee that was scuttled in the River Plate at the beginning of World War II, has passed away ...

A symbol of the German Navy the Graf Spee prowled the South Atlantic hunting and sinking allied merchant vessels before she was crippled and surrounded by a British flotilla in the River Plate.

Captain Hans Langsdorff, commander of the formidable German raider Graf Spee, found himself cornered in the neutral harbor of Montevideo after a successful but unsustainable campaign in the Atlantic.

The first naval battle of World War II unfolded not in Europe, but off the coasts of Argentina and Uruguay in the South Atlantic Ocean. With Germany lacking major warships at the war’s outset, the ...

The blobfish went viral with this photo, but underwater they look like a completely different fish. They sustain tissue damage when they're brought from the ocean's depths to the surface.

A career criminal testified Tuesday that Edward E. Graf Jr. confessed to killing his two adopted stepsons by locking them in a shed and setting it on fire and said he should have done the same ...

An underwater volcano, Axial Seamount, located off the Oregon coast, is showing signs of renewed activity, with scientists predicting a potential eruption later this year or early 2026.

Small autonomous underwater vehicles, like the drones of the sea, could be very useful for studying the depths of the ocean and monitoring its changing conditions. But such nautical mini bots can ...

German defense tech startup Helsing is working on a fleet of AI-equipped underwater sea drones. It said they can operate for three-month stretches, with hundreds controlled by a single operator.

Wartsila Underwater Services has announced a strategic alliance with Megatugs, a maritime services provider based in Greece, to enhance underwater support solutions for the global shipping sector.

Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Uncertainty plays tricks on the human brain. You should be aware of these tricks because failure to do so ...