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Scientists say the planned decommissioning of a valuable research vessel is part of a series of actions by the Trump ...

Cameras diving into the ocean’s abyss captured a transparent-headed creature so strange, it looks like it swam straight out of a nightmare.

In the deepest parts of the Pacific Ocean, a glowing yellow worm has mastered survival in one of the most toxic places on Earth. Bathed in arsenic and sulfide from hydrothermal vents, it neutralizes ...

UK fishermen are reporting a massive octopus bloom in the waters off southwest England. Researchers found a massive ...

Fish and other marine organisms, though deeply affected by human activities, don’t respect human borders. The ranges of many ...

Where others might have pulled their small child away from the tumbling whitewater, her mother instead recognized her ...

A deep-sea worm that lives in hydrothermal vents is the first known animal to create orpiment, a toxic, arsenic-containing mineral that was used by artists for centuries ...

A lobster fisherman in Massachusetts made a rare catch of an electric blue lobster and recognized its importance.

A landmark review traces 40 years of changes in pelagic sargassum – free-floating brown seaweed that plays a vital role in the Atlantic Ocean ecosystem. The review takes a deep dive into the changing ...

A new resident is making a splash at Northeastern University’s Marine Science Center—Neptune, the blue lobster. Neptune is a ...

A 2016 astronaut photo shows surprising plumes of milky material swirling in the waters of Turkey's Lake Van, the largest ...