Recent scientific expeditions have unveiled a trove of new species dwelling at the bottom of the ocean, including a ...

Learn how these slow-moving creatures recycle nutrients through their poop to keep coral reefs thriving and oceans balanced.

Had one hoped to leave a time capsule for today’s Bostonians in the Permian period 250 million years ago, much less the Pliocene epoch four million years ago , they would have been completely, utterly ...

A ridiculous but instructive thought experiment involving deep time, plate tectonics, erosion and the slow death of the sun ...

A coalition of international researchers has found a remarkable treasure trove of new species in the icy depths of the ...

Chinese scientists have become the first to visit one of Earth’s most remote and geologically intriguing realms: an ...

Beneath the crushing pressure of the Pacific Ocean, researchers found methane-producing microbes thriving in the cold, ...

Living in one of the most remote regions of the planet is the Chondrocladia sp. nov, which is covered in tiny hooks to trap ...

Unexpected biosignatures found in a startlingly blue volcanic goo beneath the Pacific Ocean may offer clues to life's origins.

A strong earthquake was detected in the Gulf of California, which is used by Mexican drug cartels as a route to move drugs and migrants into the US.