Recent research reveals microplastics are flooding the world’s oceans, diminishing their ability to absorb carbon dioxide, an ...

Scientists have identified a marine fungus that was previously unknown and is capable of killing toxic algae known to ...

Nearly 4,000 m beneath the Pacific, in water so dark that sunlight has never penetrated, scientists have stumbled on a new ...

The kola nut, once a sacred West African symbol of respect and unity, became part of Coca-Cola’s original formula. Its ...

A fossil smaller than a human fingernail has revealed a complete ancient brain, turning a speck of stone into a detailed map ...

Hillsboro isn’t just “a data center town" now.  It’s a trans-Pacific internet gateway of National and International importance. Here’s how ...

A dense Arctic bonebed shows marine life and ocean food webs recovered far faster than scientists once believed after mass ...

A new study has, for the first time, recorded and measured just how fast microplastics move through the gut passage of a key ...

Dynamic mounds made of methane at a depth of some 3,640 meters act like “frozen reefs” for a bizarre array of deep-sea ...

A spectacular fossil trove on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen shows that marine life made a stunning comeback after Earth’s ...

UC Santa Cruz researchers show how vessel-tracking data mirrored tuna roaming beyond their typical territory due to unusually ...

In the South China Sea, near the Paracel Islands, the aqua-colored waters of an expansive shallow reef platform suddenly ...