Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Falmouth resident Bruce Strickrott, lead pilot for Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's Alvin, is shown in the hatch of the deep ...

The first research submarine capable of carrying passengers to and from the seafloor, Alvin has spent some 50 years plumbing the ocean's depths. As the world races to outer space, a submarine about ...

It is cold, dark and cramped. But Lisa Levin will be beaming later this month when she climbs inside a tiny submersible called Alvin and descends 3 miles into the unforgiving waters off Alaska. The UC ...

The famous mini research submarine Alvin arrived in San Diego on Thursday at the end of a mission in which its tiny crew witnessed the aftermath of a volcanic eruption on the seafloor while traveling ...