Deep subsurface microbes are highly diverse, challenging assumptions about life in low-energy environments. This discovery has implications for medicine, energy efficiency, and astrobiology. Which ...

Scientists uncovered a "Lost City" deep underwater in the Atlantic Ocean that could prove the existence of extraterrestrial ...

Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography descended thousands of meters where they likely discovered dozens of new animal species. Creatures flourish where methane gas seeps into the ocean ...

A crew member aboard the cutter Waesche has been reported “unaccounted for” while operating in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

A new study focusing on Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, shows that the physics of alien oceans could prevent evidence of deep-sea life from reaching places where we can detect it.

Exploring the transformation of Earth from a volcanic hellscape to a potential birthplace of life during the Hadean era.

With serpentine necks, flippers and a mouth full of needle-sharp teeth, plesiosaurs have captured imaginations since ...

One leading theory on the origins of life on Earth proposes that simple chemical molecules gradually became more complex, ...

Deep within the unexplored realms of our planet, researchers have recently uncovered a frightening new predator—a discovery ...

The new study shows a significant increase in the presence of microplastics and even smaller-diameter nanoplastics in the ...

“One of the goals [of astrobiology] is to go to [other worlds] and look for microorganisms, but in the meantime there’s so ...

The residential area shifted toward the Pacific Ocean as much as 4 inches — per week — during a four-week period last fall.