Theories about the sound's origins included an undiscovered sea creature. By 2011, NOAA scientists concluded the sound was the cracking of an ice shelf during an icequake. In the summer of 1997, ...

One of the coolest pieces of irony about our planet is that the ocean covers most of the surface of the Earth, and yet, the ...

Bizarre noises detected around the deepest ocean trench on Earth have finally been identified. These strange "biotwang" sounds—first detected in 2014 during an acoustic survey of the Mariana ...

Beccy holds a PhD in Biological Science, a Master’s in Molecular Biology of Parasites and Disease Vectors, and a Bachelor’s in Human Biology and Forensic Science. Beccy holds a PhD in Biological ...

A solar-powered balloon mission detected a repeating infrasound noise in the stratosphere. Scientists don't know what is making it. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The ocean is full of some incredibly odd creatures. It feels like the further you go down, the stranger and more alien-like they become. With so many interesting creatures, it makes you wonder, what ...

The water covers up mysteries, breaks down evidence and obscures footprints, so it's no surprise that paddlesports harbor a few mysteries. From unexplained phenomena at sea to potential Sasquatch ...

Up, up in the air ... scientific solar-powered balloons have recorded some strange sounds in the stratosphere researchers cannot identify. Daniel Bowman and other researchers at Sandia National ...

My first view of an ocean sunfish was on a wall at a natural history museum during my freshman year in college. At first glance, I thought that someone had displayed half of a fish. The tail was ...