In an interdisciplinary research project coordinated by the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), researchers ...

“For most of the ocean, we don’t know what the bottom looks like,” said Nathan Angelakis, a doctoral student at the South ...

Researchers have discovered meter-high chimneys on the floor of the Dead Sea. These are formed by the spontaneous crystallization of minerals from groundwater with an extremely high salt content ...

In an interdisciplinary research project coordinated by the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), researchers ...

Sea cucumbers: The moppers of the ocean floor Sea cucumbers, as part of their scavenger diet, devour coral disease-causing bacteria and the decaying ‘food’ that the bacteria thrived on.

These chimneys resemble hydrothermal chimneys discovered in oceanic ridges, but "the system is completely different," ...

Among marine ecosystems, the capacity of mangroves, seagrass meadows and kelp forests to store carbon is well documented, but ...

China released a new map for its southernmost city of Sansha as the country works to consolidate its control over the strategically important waters of the South China Sea. The city comprises two ...

Thousands of ships loaded with oil were sunk during the fierce sea battles of the Second World War. That means they’ve been ...

Roll20 threw down the gauntlet to would-be dungeon designers today, announcing the "Build a Bastion" contest for the new DMG.

Using a remote vehicle, scientists first noticed the so-called a mystery mollusk in February 2000 at a depth of 8,576 feet in ...