For people with "thalassophobia," or the fear of deep bodies of water, blue holes are something out of a nightmare. These massive vertical caves open up in the shallow waters near coastlines, but blue ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is set to launch an exploratory mission into a mysterious “blue hole” off the coast of Florida. The NOAA team exploring the hole will send ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DUCK, N.C. (WNCN) — Officials at the North ...