These include more than 100 previously unknown marine species and a handful of never-before-seen seamounts. Footage recorded by the SOI team offers a window into the extraordinary landscape and ...

The highest peak here is more than 7,500 feet tall. Seamounts generally form when volcanic mountains rise up from the seafloor but fail to reach the surface (those that break the surface become ...

The study -- led by the University of Exeter and the Ascension Island Government -- examined three seamounts off Ascension Island in the South Atlantic Ocean. Two were shallow seamounts ...

Undersea mountains are key locations for predators—with 41 times more sharks than the open ocean, new research shows. The study—led by the University of Exeter and the Ascension Island ...