Europa has a deep ocean, but a new study suggests its seafloor may be too quiet to supply the energy life needs to survive.

For more than 60 years, the ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) was one of the ocean’s greatest mysteries.

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Rising ocean temperatures also contribute to the loss of coral reefs, which help support fisheries, and protect coastlines ...

Every second of last year, the Earth’s oceans absorbed the equivalent in energy to 12 Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs. Global ...

"We're not saying, and we can't say, that there's no life in Europa. What we're saying is that it's a harder proposition, ...

Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences kept busy throughout 2025. Along with collaborators from across the globe, ...

A mining-machine test on the deep-ocean floor resulted in species diversity declining by roughly 32% in the tracks of the ...

Far below the turquoise surface of the Caribbean, an almost perfectly circular patch of dark water drops away so sharply that ...

Deep within the sea lies another world entirely. It’s a world of complete darkness, where light is absorbed thousands of feet ...

The ocean has always looked like a blank blue expanse on most maps, yet beneath that surface lies a layered, living ...

With the presence of right whales detected anew Jan. 3, 2026, east of Ocean City, a new right whale Slow Zone is now in ...