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In a distant future, Earth may no longer be under the dominion of humanity. Picture a planet devoid of bustling cities and ...

The Atacama Trench, located off the coast of Peru and Chile, has become the focal point of an extraordinary new discovery.

The Deep Ocean Microbiomes and Ecosystems, or DOME, program, an important initiative of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, was officially launched in Shanghai on ...

Nearly half a century of beach cleanups across America show that plastic bag bans reduce plastic bag litter washing up on our ...

Siren’s Rest is a thalassophobic nightmare, but its shallow story does a disservice to its excellent premise and starring ...

The Atacama Trench, located off the coast of Peru and Chile, is one of the deepest oceanic regions on our planet, and ...

Rogue holes are sort of the opposite of that. According to the 2012 study that proved their existence, a rogue hole would ...

The Titan submersible was heading down to the wreckage of the Titanic on 18 June. It was an exclusive trip reserved for only ...

Some microbes happily thrive in unforgiving environments. An extremophile hunt is underway to leverage their resilience ...

World Oceans Day, celebrated each year on June 8, gives us a moment to reconnect with this immense, life-sustaining force.

The biologist at the center of Maria Reva’s metafictional “Endling” prefers snails to the company of humans.