Previously, scientists thought only microbes and viruses could live beneath the seafloor crust where tectonic plates meet.

Rare and endangered animals are often hidden away in hard-to-reach locations and might require trekking through a jungle or ...

5,000 new species have been found in an area of the Pacific Ocean called the Clarion-Clipperton ... SMARTEX Project/ NERC 5,000 new animal species were discovered and this anemone is one of ...

Sea otters are among the world’s most playful and adorable animals. They are beloved for their charming antics and cuddly ...

Plants and animals, including anemones ... The disaster caused tonnes of debris to be ejected into the Pacific ocean, and hundreds of coastal Japanese marine species were found alive on items ...

Photo Credit: NASA Oxygen-starved ocean “dead zones,” where fish and animals cannot survive, have been expanding in the open ocean and ... Today’s largest open ocean dead zone, located in the eastern ...