Organisms in the deep sea rely on gravity flows to lay down sediment and then make burrows beneath the seafloor, according to a new study.

The phenomenon of 'dark oxygen,' whereby deep-sea metallic nodules generate oxygen without sunlight, is reshaping our ...

An unexpected radioactive discovery beneath the Pacific Ocean seabed may provide researchers with a new global geologic time ...

Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography descended thousands of meters where they likely discovered dozens of new animal species. Creatures flourish where methane gas seeps into the ocean ...

Marine biologists will drop 120 tonnes of rubble onto the sea floor off the coast of south-west Victoria to grow new sponge ...

Ecosystem engineers are plants or animals that create, modify or maintain habitats. As Joshua Larsen, an associate professor at the University of Birmingham, explains, beavers are a perfect example of ...

The USS Macon crash brought a quick end to the U.S. Navy’s vision of “flying aircraft carriers” powered by helium gas ...

Earth's oceans may have been green for billions of years until the first photosynthetic organisms flooded our atmosphere with ...

That’s unusual, as oxygen is typically produced by plants through photosynthesis ... be a source of energy for microbial life on the ocean floor. With funding from the Nippon Foundation in ...

A new book explores how one biologist’s work at the North and South Poles changed the way he sees the world and our place in ...

Japan is the fourth country to purchase the latest version of the U.S. Army's CH-47 Chinook cargo helicopter to modernize its ...

Researchers who discovered “dark oxygen” on the ocean floor are planning a new project ... That’s unusual, as oxygen is typically produced by plants through photosynthesis.