Evolution has turned out bizarre and baffling creatures, such as walking fish. It only gets weirder from there. Some of these ...

By one count America spends 150 times more on space exploration than ocean research. Scientists have mapped almost every ...

On land, we're familiar with heatwaves and cold snaps. But the deep sea also experiences prolonged periods of hot and ...

Ocean eddy currents are driving extreme heat and cold events in the deeper sea, home to the world’s most abundant animal and ...

These adaptations to their environment have resulted in some truly alien-looking animals. Scientists define the deep sea as encompassing all ocean waters below 656 feet (200 meters). In these regions, ...

Even for a conservation biologist numbed to bad news about nature, the biennial Living Planet report from the World Wildlife ...

The new report, released every two years, takes a deep look at the state of world’s biodiversity with the help of the Living ...

Research into these features of the shark immune system, and how they differ from humans, is providing a cause for hope in the development of cancer therapeutics. The secret to sharks’ impressive ...

This study confirmed our significant concerns—remnants of this environmental crime can affect deep sea life, impacting our food chain, ultimately threatening human health. Multiple studies suggest ...

Over the course of three months of vessel-based fieldwork in Canada’s Gulf of St. Lawrence, scientists from New England ...