During the 2012 DEEPSEA CHALLENGE expedition to the deepest part of the ocean, scientists spotted fuzzy mats that may be communities of bacteria clinging to the rocks. Because they don’t rely on ...

The Apollo astronauts didn't know what they'd find when they explored the surface of the moon, but they certainly didn't ...

Marine ecosystems supply an enormous variety of fish that meet the nutritional needs of communities across the globe. Overfishing has put intense strain on these resources, prompting urgent questions ...

Sweet treats come with strings attached. Added sugar pushes blood pressure higher, drives visceral fat, and nudges blood glucose past healthy limits. For most people, swapping table sugar for ...

State lawmakers have rejected more than a billion dollars in school construction projects, including a replacement for a school destroyed in the Maui wildfires. Maui's hard working immigrant ...

To elucidate these structures, the team combined transmission electron microscopy measurements with computational simulations and report a "structural phase diagram" that maps how various domain ...

Arctic sea ice has likely reached its maximum extent for the year, at 14.33 million square kilometers (5.53 million square miles) on March 22, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data ...

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (WJHG/Gray News) - Another dolphin has died at Gulf World Marine Park in Florida, bringing the total number of dolphins that have died there to five. Florida Sen. Jay Trumbull ...

This material is then consumed by marine organisms, with remnants eventually sinking as ‘marine snow’—tiny carbon-rich particles that settle in the deep ocean, where the carbon can be stored for ...

In these lightless zones, food sources are scarce. Many deep-sea organisms rely on “marine snow,” a steady fall of organic material that originates in the ocean’s upper layers. This detritus consists ...