Chinook salmon inherit ability to navigate from rivers to ocean feeding grounds with genetic, magnetic field mental maps, like GPS, Oregon scientists say News Home Page ...

A new study from researchers in the U.S. and Germany examines how blindly following GPS directions can lead to dangerous (and ...

A small Treasure Coast town is trying to get on the map, literally. For years, the mayor of the town of Ocean Breeze in Martin County says delivery drivers, out of town guests and even locals ...

With more than 80 percent of the world’s oceans unmapped, the deep ocean is one of the last unknown areas on Earth. On May 31, teams with unique exploration solutions were honored with the Shell Ocean ...

DARPA is creating a GPS-like technology that works in the deep ocean called Positioning System for Deep Ocean Navigation, or POSYDON. The Global Positioning System (GPS) is the predominant means of ...

MIT scientists have developed an acoustic system that acts like an underwater GPS, yet doesn't need batteries to operate. The system is instead powered by modulated audio signals reflected from ...

The organizations aim to advance the field of ocean science and obtain a complete map of the entire ocean floor. Under the partnership, NORBIT Oceans will strengthen the capabilities of the Seabed ...

An ultra-detailed map of the ocean floor uses gravity-based data collected by satellite. NASA and CNES launched the satellite to survey Earth’s surface water.