GRANDPARENTS who unwittingly held onto and tried to sell gold bars that had been previously stolen from an 18th-century shipwreck have shared the harrowing details of their ordeal. Philip and Gay ...

Nearly 500 years after it set sail, a shipwreck was discovered in an African desert. Remarkably, it was still intact, as it ...

There are 8000 shipwrecks off Australia alone, many more still to be found. Yet stunning discoveries still happen. What does ...

People can contribute to Cyclone Alfred beach recovery efforts through a citizen science photo project founded by UNSW ...

It was sunk by Germany in the Hauraki Gulf but decades later its oil has never been retrieved. Maritime NZ had been ...

Shock waves went throughout the whole nation when the SS Gothenburg sank off the coast of Queensland in February 1875. Its preservation is key in understanding life in the colonies.

In the heart of Seattle, a national park memorializes the grit of the Klondike gold rush, where the president’s grandfather ...

Ex-Cyclone Alfred has unearthed what is believed to be part of historic ship The Comet on a Ballina Beach. Photo shows Ocsar Pllo, Axel Doherty and Daisy Plooy playing by it. (Natalie Grono) High ...

The shipwreck, broken in two, was discovered by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society using sonar technology. A historic all-steel ship that broke records as it cruised the Great Lakes but ...

Over the past 18 months, more than 15 cargo ships have sunk near the port, one of the country's busiest river ports. Cargo ship owners, workers, and authorities cite four main reasons for these ...

The same energy that brought Kirra to life last week has slowly morphed into a more malevolent force. Cyclone Alfred was downgraded from a Category 2 cyclone to a tropical low before it made landfall ...

The shipwreck, broken in two, was discovered by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society using sonar technology. One of the first all-steel freighters on the Great Lakes has finally been ...