Techniques developed to study the distant past—from dating ancient artifacts to reconstructing climate records in ice cores—are now being repurposed to help us better understand the lives of modern ...

Massive piles of sargassum, the size of which have not been seen before, are floating this way, right now, sure to coat the ...

Two deep-sea amphipod species have been found to live in both hemispheres and share features, according to a new study that ...

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Off the coast of Argentina, the deep ocean is revealing secrets that could change everything we know about marine ecosystems. Recent discoveries have uncovered vast, uncharted coral reefs and species ...

Lance Cpl. Chukwuemeka Oforah pictured in 2024 during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation at Camp Lejeune. (Lance Cpl. Charis Chilton/Marine Corps) A Marine who fell overboard from the ...

Researchers have discovered rare marine creatures in the deep sea off Argentina. The team aboard R/V Falkor documented the largest-known Bathelia candida coral reef, spanning half a kilometre, home to ...

Of all the schemes that humans have devised to keep sea lions from gorging on the salmon of the Columbia River basin, none has worked for long. Local officials and researchers have chased sea lions ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

In the South China Sea, near the Paracel Islands, the aqua-colored waters of an expansive shallow reef platform suddenly gives way to a near vertical shaft of vast darkness – an ocean sinkhole almost ...

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