"The foundation of all life is in the ocean," famously said French pioneering oceanographer Jacques Cousteau. In 1997, ...

Recent scientific expeditions have unveiled a trove of new species dwelling at the bottom of the ocean, including a carnivorous “death ball” sponge in the Southern Ocean. In a separate deep-sea ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Strange organisms that get their energy from chemical reactions instead of the sun have been discovered at the bottom of ocean ...

Astronomers have long been intrigued by the makeup of the asteroid belt’s largest body. When it was first spotted in 1801, Ceres appeared dry and rocky, its surface marked by craters and dents. For ...

Imagine SpongeBob Square Pants as a carnivore. That might seem a bit far-fetched, but scientists have discovered 30 new deep-sea species in the Southern Ocean, including the ominously nicknamed “death ...

Bigelow Laboratory Senior Reserach Scientist John Burns, who is leading the team that just received a significant award to advance new technology for ocean discovery, fixes a device on the deep-sea ...

The ocean contains a complex food web–the network of interactions among predators and prey that maintain healthy ecosystems and support populations of aquatic animals. At the base of this web are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Over 800 marine species were newly discovered after two years of collaborative efforts by scientists, governments, museums and ...