Life on Earth extends far beyond the vibrant rainforests and sunlit coral reefs. Deep below the surface, an extraordinary ...

And yet, our understanding of what life is is changing all the time, thanks to space exploration.. As scientists continue to hunt for life beyond our own world, biologists are having to rethink ...

The detection of life beneath the seafloor was the goal of one of the earliest Deep Sea Drilling Projects (DSDP) voyages, Leg 15 in 1970, led by chief scientist Wallace Broecker of Columbia ...

Scientists Find Signs of Life Deep Inside the Earth. by Joe Wilkins. Jan 26, 9:45 AM EST. Emil Ruff. Deep, deep underground. Little Friends. We've heard of underground parties, but this is ridiculous.

Scientists have uncovered communities of animals such as tube worms and snails living in volcanic caves beneath the seafloor, revealing a previously unknown but thriving ecosystem. Researchers ...

Protecting deep sea life. One of the biggest threats to deep-sea ecosystems is proposed deep-sea mining, the process of extracting mineral deposits, like cobalt and nickel, from the deep seabed ...

Ten years of data collected by Italian researchers suggest that approximately 65% of DNA present in the world's oceans is found in deep-sea sediments, and 90% of that DNA is extracellular. This ...

This week, travel deep beneath the waves to explore ocean trenches, marvel at the Rosetta stone, spy a stellar spiderweb in space, celebrate the year’s best wildlife photography, meet brain ...

Researchers at Cambridge University's Institute of Astronomy believe that there is a 99.7% chance of life on K2-18b, a large planet located 700 trillion miles from Earth ...