A groundbreaking study has revealed a surprising biochemical connection between plant immune responses and human neurological health. Researchers have discovered that the metabolic pathways regulating ...

Traces of organisms detected in sediments from 7.5 kilometers below the ocean surface reveal how organisms living in the deep sea are engineering their own environments. Analyses of sediment cores ...

Organisms in the deep sea rely on gravity flows to lay down sediment and then make burrows beneath the seafloor, according to a new study.

The ocean is one of Earth's greatest enigmas, as it completely overpowers our planet, covering much more area than land, and ...

Scientists explore Lost City, in the Atlantic, where chemical reactions in hydrothermal vents could explain the origin of ...

Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine environment—shaping and maintaining habitats that themselves sustain countless other forms ...

Projections of our future under climate change paint a picture of extreme weather and acidified oceans, a world many of today ...

The self-taught artist Abraham Lincoln Walker worked in his basement on phantasmagorical paintings, discovered by the art ...

While blood clots serve an essential purpose in healing injuries, they can transform into life-threatening conditions when ...

Dark oxygen, a newly identified form of oxygen, raises questions about life in extreme environments and its implications for ...

Scientists found deep-sea shrimp evolved special vision to detect bioluminescent light and navigate their world.

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