Our planet is unique for its ability to sustain abundant life. From studies of the rock record, scientists believe life had already emerged on Earth at least 3.5 billion years ago and probably much ...

Startling findings in 2024 suggested that metallic nodules on the sea floor produce oxygen and might support life. Now ...

The ocean covers more than 70 percent of Earth, yet most of it remains unexplored. Beneath the surface lie places of total darkness, crushing pressure, and strange life forms that seem almost alien.

Mars may have once possessed an ocean at least as large as Earth's Arctic Ocean, a new study suggests. Previous research ...

Some four miles off the Southern California coast, a company is betting it can solve one of desalination’s biggest problems by moving the technology deep ...

China has incurred huge debts to put trillions of dollars into efforts like these, along with the full force of its ...

Mars today is a frozen, dusty desert. But if you look deep inside Valles Marineris, the largest canyon system on Mars and in ...

While the lake is said to have been discovered in 1905 by a 13-year-old boy named Ben Sands, the surrounding caverns were used by the Cherokee, and 20,000-year-old jaguar tracks were also found there.

Some of the greatest evenings come together when you’re a plane ride away from the siren call of your sofa. That’s why, for ...

A newly discovered ecosystem beneath the Arctic Ocean has changed scientists' understanding of deep-sea biodiversity and the way carbon cycles through the Earth's environment. Scientists, led by ...

A submarine descends 500 meters below the ocean surface, revealing darkness, pressure, and deep sea conditions. The video explores what changes as depth increases and how submarines operate in extreme ...

Scientists have uncovered why big predators like sharks spend so much time in the ocean’s twilight zone. The answer lies with mid-sized fish such as the bigscale pomfret, which live deep during the ...