T here are some seriously strange lifeforms lurking in the depths of our oceans – ghost sharks and upside-down isopods, ...

Microbes unable to break down carbohydrates belong to a newly identified family of marine bacteria. A German-American ...

Landsat satellites have gone beyond observing Earth’s land by enabling new methods to measure ocean depth in shallow coastal ...

The heaviest great hammerhead shark ever recorded weighed a whopping 1280 pounds.” The great hammerhead shark is found in a ...

A new study of seafloor sediments suggests reactions in the atmosphere convert dust-borne iron into forms more readily taken ...

"They are also important nutrient producers in shallow ocean water, which is generally deprived of food. If the giant clam becomes extinct, it will have significant ecological impacts on tropical ...

As they drift and melt in the Southern Ocean, they create a unique environment ... For one thing, A-68a was deep enough to scour the shallow seabed around the island, gouging away the diverse ...

shallow on pitch shots. Standing alongside a Ping rep in the 30-second clip, Hovland couldn’t hold back his giddiness after executing the difficult shot. “I’ve never been able to do that ...

The discovery of worms and snails confirms that these still-mysterious, dark hotspots of life extend beyond what’s visible above the crust Margherita Bassi Daily Correspondent A sample of ocean ...

“Our discovery shows us that animal life in the ocean is not restricted to what we see on the seafloor surface, but that animal life extends into the shallow ocean’s crust,” said Sabine ...

A bleached coral is not dead, but ocean temperatures need to cool off for any hope of recovery. At least 14% of the world’s remaining corals were estimated to have died in the previous two ...