Shipwrecks

Underwater archaeologists were the first people in nearly 170 years to lay eyes on HMS Erebus, a British ship that sank during an ill-fated exploration of the Canadian Arctic.

A British warship that sunk off the coast of England in 1744 may soon be mined for archaeological artifacts.

A British warship that sank off the coast of England in 1744 may soon be mined for archaeological artifacts.

Ongoing archaeological excavations and recovery at the site of an 1857 shipwreck have netted thousands of gold coins and artifacts of a maritime tragedy.

One of the two lost ships of the legendary Franklin Expedition to the Canadian Arctic has finally been found.

From shipwrecks to an upright dining table to a dead giraffe, a cornucopia of strange objects have been discovered in the shadowy depths of New York City's waterways.

A diving mission to explore the Antikythera shipwreck is scheduled for September, 2014.

The U.S. Navy, in partnership with the Indonesian Navy, is planning to dive to the sunken USS Houston, a World War II-era shipwreck, later this month, according to Navy officials.

Fallen logs and wooden remnants of old shipwrecks promote hotspots of life in the otherwise empty deep seafloor.

In 1857, a steamship loaded with 30,000 pounds of gold sunk off the coast of South Carolina. An ocean exploration company is planning to recover the sunken treasure.