A research team led by Prof. Sun Chaomin from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS) has ...

The Metals Company wants to be the first firm to commercially mine the seafloor. The study it funded suggests that mining ...

An ocean-mining company has funded some of the most comprehensive scientific studies to date, and peer-reviewed results have ...

Seafloor animals decreased by 37% in a deep-sea mining exploration zone, a landmark report has found. Scientists from the ...

You might think of Australia's arid center as a dry desert landscape devoid of aquatic life. But it's actually dotted with ...

Climate change and industrialization are having an impact on the epidemiology of vector-borne diseases, resulting in severe ...

A remarkable new fish, Priocharax rex, has been discovered in Colombia's Amazon. This tiny species, measuring just 0.8 inches ...

In the high canopy of a South American rainforest, researchers have stumbled upon a creature that bridges the gap between the insect world and the deep ocean—at least in appearance. A newly discovered ...

For outdoor enthusiasts, Ridgecrest serves as the perfect basecamp for exploring some of California’s most spectacular natural wonders. Death Valley National Park, with its otherworldly landscapes and ...

This enchanting coastal hamlet, about three hours north of San Francisco, feels like it was plucked from a storybook – or perhaps borrowed from the New England coast and carefully placed on the edge ...

When it comes to brain function, neurons get a lot of the glory. But healthy brains depend on the cooperation of many kinds ...

An archaeon reads the same codon in two different ways, overturning a doctrine that has stood for 60 years. Living organisms ...