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

It feels like there have been staggering science stories emerging every other day recently, all of which have blown our tiny ...

The deep sea has many new discoveries waiting for us, including a newly discovered species called the "death ball" sponge.

In a patch of the Pacific’s abyssal plain, scientists a surprising phenomenon called “dark oxygen production.” ...

The way Botrynema jellyfish is distributed across the ocean may reveal a previously unknown biogeographic barrier in the ...

Strange organisms that get their energy from chemical reactions instead of the sun have been discovered at the bottom of ocean trenches up to 31,000 feet deep in the northwest Pacific between Russia ...

Imagine SpongeBob Square Pants as a carnivore. That might seem a bit far-fetched, but scientists have discovered 30 new deep-sea species in the Southern Ocean, including the ominously nicknamed “death ...

A carbon dioxide seep on a reef in Papua New Guinea is being used as a time machine to see into the future of the world’s ...

Children dance around during a class activity at the Ocean Discovery Institute on May 22, 2025 in City Heights. / Ariana Drehsler for Voice of San Diego Sign up for The Morning Report with all your ...

University of Alberta geochemists have discovered a missing piece to one of the great mysteries of science—the origin of life ...

Human remains were discovered yesterday along San Francisco’s Ocean Beach, triggering a joint response from federal and city investigators and raising fresh questions about what happened along the ...