Case in point: Scientists from Tokyo University and Hokkaido University in Japan stumbled across some mysterious jet-black ...

Jupiter’s moon Europa has long looked like a frozen cue ball, its bright shell of ice hiding a global ocean that many astrobiologists see as one of the most promising places for life beyond Earth. New ...

The vast majority of our planet remains a complete mystery, hidden beneath miles of crushing water where sunlight never penetrates. In this eternal darkness, evolution has taken a path so bizarre that ...

The depths of Earth’s oceans are not just home to marine life and mysterious geological formations; they may also conceal technology from extraterrestrial origins. With 95% of the ocean unexplored, ...

In Ocean Aliens, teens created their own ocean alien, a fictional sea creature inspired by actual deep sea creatures. They considered how their creature would eat, defend itself, and find a mate. Here ...

Three years ago, during an expedition at the bottom of the Gulf of Alaska, a submarine detected a golden orb that contrasted with surrounding rocks. Its smooth, organic surface did not resemble that ...

Life at sea -- The message from the mud : making meaning out of microbes in Monterey Bay -- Dissolving the tree of life : alien kinship at hydrothermal vents -- Blue-green capitalism : marine ...