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

Land-Sea 'Tag-Team' Devastated Ocean Life ... and continents millions of years ago devastated marine life and altered the course of evolution on Earth, according to a new study.

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

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.

The discovery of a potential ancient ocean on Mars has profound implications for the ever-evolving search for ...

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 ...

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 ...

The slow loris, a nocturnal primate from tropical regions, is often seen as one of nature's "dumbest" animals due to its ...

“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 ...

Join us as we dive into the deep blue to meet one of the ocean's most fascinating and mysterious creatures: the yellow-bellied sea snake.

MBARI researchers have discovered a remarkable new species of sea slug that lives in the deep sea. Bathydevius caudactylus ...

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