In a remarkable discovery off the western coast of the Galápagos Islands, scientists have pinpointed a previously unknown ...

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

The question of how life began has captivated humanity for millennia. Now, a team of scientists are preparing to use NASA's ...

The presence of apparent biological signatures on Venus has left UK-based researchers chasing down bacterial life in the ...

The U.S. push to mine international waters for metals defies global efforts to control and protect these fragile ecosystems.

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

Magma from the mantle finds its way to the surface, where it erupts as lava or ash and gas—sometimes in spectacular spurts, ...

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

The pH scale is a measure of how acidic or alkaline something is, 1 being highly acidic, 14 being highly alkaline, and 7 ...

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a fellow. On ...

The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) recently announced rule changes that would accelerate deep-sea mining in ...