Massive manta rays and other pelagic ray species tend to hover near the ocean surface using a flapping motion. Benthic rays, ...

Using robotic fins, researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have learned how stingrays ...

Underwater robots face many challenges before they can truly master the deep, such as stability in choppy currents. A new ...

Using robotic fins, researchers at the University of California, Riverside have learned how stingrays are able to swim with ...

The latest triumph in ocean technology comes from a small, rugged machine that slipped beneath Antarctic ice into a part of the planet no human has ever seen, gathered a torrent of data, and then did ...

Marine litter is a major environmental problem. Abandoned containers and fishing gear can trap or strangle animals, and plastic waste can break down into microplastics, which can release chemicals ...

When Jonas Wüst first met rescue divers in Switzerland, what struck him wasn’t their courage, it was how much danger still defined their work. “We realized how outdated it all was,” he recalls.

All 50 campers tested their robots in the pool. A previous version of this article misidentified the number of campers who tested robots. Mizzou Engineering’s three-day youth underwater robotics camp ...

GUANGZHOU, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- China's first domestically developed undersea robot capable of three-dimensional drilling and ...