Earth's vast oceanic biodiversity remains largely unexplored, with only a fraction of an estimated two million total living ...

The melting of the immense ice sheets that once covered our planet profoundly altered ocean levels at the end of the last ice ...

The Arctic Ocean was once an important source of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere — and it could become one again, ...

Oceanographic magazine reported this week on new research focused on a tiny crustacean called Corophium volutator. This ...

A new species of bacteria has been discovered off the coast of Oʻahu, shedding light on how unseen microbial life connects ...

The body of the bumpy snailfish has a jelly-like consistency, which is essential for surviving in the deep sea. This gel-like ...

A semi-transparent crab about the size of an almond and a tiny, glowing lantern shark are among two new species discovered by ...

Melting Arctic ice is revealing a hidden world of nitrogen-fixing bacteria beneath the surface. These microbes, not the usual ...

The shrinking sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is, overall, a disaster. But paradoxically, the melting of the ice can also fuel ...

Scientists in a recent breakthrough have discovered a methane switch hidden in the Arctic Ocean that is responsible for ...

Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed, with new seeps being discovered at an “astonishing ...

Strange organisms that get their energy from chemical reactions instead of the sun have been discovered at the bottom of ocean trenches up to 31,000 feet deep in the northwest Pacific between Russia ...