Fast-moving underwater avalanches, known as turbidity currents, are responsible for transporting vast quantities of ...

Girguis, a professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard, specializes in biochemistry and ecological physiology ...

“The law of the sea basically colonized [Pacific peoples’] ocean,” said Frank Murphy, a resident of French Polynesia who ...

A new study in Cell reveals that species living miles beneath the ocean’s surface have independently evolved the same genetic mutation. These species, which diverged on the tree of life millions of ...

The researchers studied tissue from over 120 fish. They found that 50 to 60 percent of their diet came from ocean’s twilight ...

Explorers have uncovered a breathtaking discovery deep in the ocean, revealing a hidden world thriving around a giant creature’s remains.

A new study analyzes the evolutionary history of 11 deep-sea species from environments stretching from the central Indian ...

Mars may look like a dry and dusty world, but just beneath its surface lies one of the most surprising discoveries in ...

Researchers took advantage of a rare chance to explore a new expanse of seafloor exposed by the breakup of an Antarctic ice ...

How far would you go for a good meal? For some of the ocean's top predators, maintaining a decent diet requires some ...

The newfound ecosystem is filled with sea crabs, octopuses and gigantic sponges, suggesting it may have been thriving for ...

Once thought a block of worthless ice, this continent is in fact incredibly valuable and plays a key role in stabilizing ...