Chinese scientists have found abiotic organic compounds in the ocean crust, shedding light on deep-sea carbon cycles and life ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

If we became crab-like it would be a slightly horrifying experience, an expert tells us. Crabs molt their entire outer exoskeleton, from their eyes to their gut.

Oxygen, the molecule that supports intelligent life as we know it, is largely made by plants. Whether underwater or on land, ...

Rather than having just a few sets of teeth that last all their life, sharks are continually producing new teeth. As an older one breaks or wears down, it simply falls out of the front of the mouth ...

New research has traced the evolution of a ... suspect that the subsurface ocean on Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons, is a potentially habitable environment for life, and now NASA’s Europa ...

Many sea-bottom areas at that time were coated ... represent “failed experiments” in the early evolution of multicellular life. Why did the Ediacarans suddenly disappear?

We are exploring the role of hydrothermal vents in driving the evolution of novel adaptations in deep-sea animals, throughout the 500+ million year history of complex life on our planet. In many parts ...

“Our discovery shows us that animal life in the ocean is not restricted to what ... of hydrothermal vent biogeochemistry, ecology, and evolution and its impact on global biodiversity, and ...

It was not until decades later, when I read Rachel Carson’s The Sea All Around Us, that I learned about the Sargasso Sea. It ...

But they are also competitive, compelled to find ever-evolving paths to dominance and ... Evie is there to explore the bountiful sea life in the reefs surrounding Makatea. The isolated island ...

According to scientists from the University of Geneva, this organism can form multicellular structures resembling early ...