An ancient piece of volcanic rock plucked from the central Pacific Ocean did something unexpected when a scientist hit it ...

On September 2, 1945, the second world war ended when Japan officially surrendered. Today, on the 80th anniversary, the ...

When the USS Hornet sunk in World War II, a tractor used to move aircraft went down too. Now a recovery mission is being ...

Forty years ago, in the early hours of September 1, grainy black-and-white images of a metal cylinder appeared on the video ...

Ernest Pugh went off to war in 1942. The plane he flew hadn’t been seen in 80 years … until it was found on the top of a mountain Papua New Guinea.

A WWII sailor presumed lost at sea off the coast of France during D-Day will be buried with full military honors after his ...

In 1955 during the Cold War—when schools ran civil-defense “duck-and-cover” drills that had kids drop under desks and ...

A new survey revealed and mapped 13 WWII wrecks. The mission combined archaeology, technology, and remembrance. An ...

One of the last known subchasers built to defend the U.S. in World War II has spent the past 80 years sitting in North ...

Outnumbered and outgunned, the crew of the U.S.S. Johnston fought overwhelming odds before their ship sank more than 21,000 ...

Divers and remotely operated vehicles discovered a wide array of vessels in Lake Constance — from century-old paddle steamers to a fully intact cargo sailing ship.

A new ocean expedition in the South Pacific has revealed striking new images of more than a dozen ships sunk during key World War II battles. Researchers on the Ocean Exploration Trust vessel Nautilus ...