Scientists have discovered a massive deep-sea coral reef system off the coast of Argentina that may be one of the largest on ...

With growing interest in mining critical metals from the seafloor, countries are now negotiating international rules. The Trump administration is forging ahead on its own, speeding up environmental ...

Asteroids may have sparked life on Earth, delivering key chemical compounds, generating heat, and carving out freshwater lakes ideal for early biology.

We spend billions imagining what other planets might look like. Meanwhile, Earth regularly flexes landscapes so strange they barely seem real. For example, our planet has bleeding glaciers, sulfuric ...

Deep beneath the ocean’s surface, countless creatures produce their own light. This phenomenon, called bioluminescence, is surprisingly common in the deep sea. In total darkness, animals use glowing ...

"We know the surface of Mars or the Moon better than we know the surface of our own planet." Researchers discover never-before-seen creatures in underwater mountain range: 'We still don't know what it ...

The waters off the glittering coastlines of Britain's Caribbean territories have long been a mystery. But now scientists on ...

Researchers have long believed that a sudden, massive deluge filled a dry, salt-filled Mediterranean 5 million years ago. Turns out that probably didn't happen, but there was still drama aplenty. When ...

Astronomers have discovered what appears to be an exoplanet that could be a distant Earthly paradise. Or it could be a frigid realm even chillier than Mars, incapable of supporting life. The margins ...

It would be a mistake to think tabletop RPGs only started to get diverse in recent years. Oldschool RPGs such as Traveller were no D&D clones, and they came out in the 70s, when tabletop gaming was at ...

A newly discovered deep-sea creature has become an unlikely Internet star. After appearing in a popular YouTube video, a rare chiton found nearly three miles beneath the ocean surface sparked a global ...