Traces of organisms detected in sediments from 7.5 kilometers below the ocean surface reveal how organisms living in the deep sea are engineering their own environments. Analyses of sediment cores ...

Organisms in the deep sea rely on gravity flows to lay down sediment and then make burrows beneath the seafloor, according to a new study.

The announcement comes after reports that Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence detected 62 Chinese military aircraft near ...

The “cold seep” ecosystem research facility will be positioned 2,000 meters (6,560 feet) beneath the surface of the ...

As crews work to remove potentially tons of hazardous materials from the Los Angeles wildfires, researchers and officials are ...

The establishment of a new deep-sea research center in the South China Sea has been formally approved by China, marking a ...

A first-of-its-kind global assessment has revealed 603 wild animals plus five livestock taxa that do more than just inhabit ...

The Wallace Line divides species in Southeast Asia. A deep ocean trench prevents animal migration. Even flying birds rarely ...

Understanding the relationship between humans and the ocean is crucial for making informed and effective decisions that will ...

Some cyanobacteria have pigments that specialise in harvesting green light to power their photosynthesis, which may be an evolutionary adaptation to a time when the oceans were iron-rich and green-tin ...

New scans of the bottom of the Japan Trench reveal extensive burrow structures and evidence of regular "reset" events that ...