Last April, geologists conducting routine maintenance at temperature logging stations in Yellowstone National Park’s Norris ...

The deep-sea volcanoes beneath Earth’s oceans may offer vital clues in the search for alien life on Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons. With a $621,000 award from NASA, University of Massachusetts Amherst ...

Scientists discovered three new species of sea spiders that live near the ocean floor and feast on bacteria that convert ...

A 13-foot-wide hot pool formed over the winter in one of Yellowstone’s most active areas, and it could offer new insights ...

NASA has tasked a University of Massachusetts Amherst microbiologist who studies extremophiles with figuring out what aliens ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

It sounds wild, but some of these animals have evolved to live in places where the ground can get hotter than a frying pan.

Until the 1970’s people thought the deepest parts of the ocean were devoid of life- then hydrothermal vents were discovered ...

An underwater volcano near Tonga revealed how sediment spreads, disrupts marine life, and raises questions about deep-sea ...

Some plants can photosynthesise using nightglow, traditionally comprising moonlight, starlight and the light reflected from ...

Amanda Dedicatoria described towering hydrothermal vents rising from the ocean floor like underwater skyscrapers. Just hours ...

A critically endangered fox, called "one of the rarest mammals in the world," was recently caught on camera by a Northern ...