Fears are brewing over an oil-price shock that could rattle markets and the economy Americans urged to exercise caution in ...

A team of researchers has confirmed the existence of at least one previously unknown nematode in the exceptionally salty lake ...

Johnny Carson made dignified exit from 'Tonight Show' after enduring years of 'SNL' mockery Deep-sea creatures Alicella gigantea widespread on ocean floor—scientists I live near Tokyo, Japan for ...

The deep sea, home to some of Earth’s most enigmatic creatures, has recently revealed new insights into one of its giants. Alicella gigantea, a supergiant amphipod, has long been considered rare.

The sucker-laden remains belong to a blob-like, seven-armed octopus that lives at depths of up to 3,900 feet. Females can be large, weighing 165 pounds, but males are much smaller, the Monterey Bay ...

As Dr Michelle Taylor took a moment to breathe in the icy Antarctic air, a stark realisation sunk in. The nearest humans, aside from her immediate colleagues, were hundreds of miles away on the ...

For more than a decade, The Metals Company has poured millions of dollars into researching and developing technology for mining seafloors at extreme depths, funding scientific studies to evaluate the ...

Scientific studies show substantial reductions in deep-sea biodiversity following mining tests, with impacts potentially lasting decades. Governments are split between environmental caution and the ...

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Only a scattering of light penetrates the deep water, more than 300 feet beneath the ocean surface off the coast of Guam. It’s like twilight to the human eye, even in the middle of the day. This part ...

Far below the waves near Okinawa, a small marine worm has taken a very strange path in life. Instead of burrowing in mud like its relatives, Lanice spongicola spends its days stuck to deep-sea sponges ...