“In this study, we examined species living at depths of no deeper than around 2,000 metres, but hydrothermal vents occur as ...

The finding shows how life spreads between isolated deep-sea vents — and how closely those ecosystems are tied to the sunlit ...

What is a tsunami? Here's all you need to know about just how unpredictable and deadly these ocean monsters can be. Here's ...

A new study has revealed that the secret to surviving in the oceans during the Great Dying was fast metabolism.

Ammonites swam in the Western Interior Seaway that once covered a large portion of North America. These iridescent fossils from South Dakota, around 69–72 million years old, preserve inner shell ...

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The first-known direct observations of a seafloor spreading event at a mid-ocean ridge in the Indian Ocean are presented in Nature. The observations offer insight into how new oceanic crust is created ...

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Scientists aboard the Polarstern research vessel were sailing along in 2021 when they came upon an unusual iceberg floating through the Fram Strait, an Arctic passage between Greenland and the ...

A new study suggests that deep-sea life reaps the benefits of icebergs’ castoffs — a rare silver lining as a warming planet destabilizes glacial ice. By K. R. Callaway See more of our coverage in your ...

One of the most endangered sea creatures of the Pacific Ocean is getting a leg up in the kelp forests of Washington’s San Juan Islands: a 24-armed sea star called the sunflower star. University ...

Supergiant deep-sea isopods endure years without food by pairing an enlarged stomach with cold-adapted metabolic control. Going without food for a day is difficult. Going without food for five years ...