Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest ...

"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, ...

On Earth, deep-sea vents may have given rise to the planet’s first life. But nothing of the sort seems to be happening at the ...

One of the most intriguing organisms in the ocean is undoubtedly the starfish. Also referred to as sea stars, these organisms ...

The deep sea is vast, dark, and almost completely unexplored filled with alien life, crushing pressure, and silence that ...

Blue blood may look alien, but it’s one of evolution’s most elegant solutions to life in extreme environments. Here’s how ...

Consciousness could be a fundamental part of reality, like gravity or matter, according to this controversial theory.

Europa has long been the darling of the search for life beyond Earth. The reason is simple: beneath its cracked, icy shell ...

As increased industrial activity puts fragile deep-sea ecosystems at risk, one artist is raising awareness about imperiled ...

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

For decades, Europa has been cast as one of the Solar System’s best bets for alien biology, a frozen world hiding a global ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...