Armed with lab equipment and two months of food and clothes, around 60 researchers boarded the RSV Nuyina icebreaker ship for its first scientific voyage in March. They are taking part in the Denman ...

Researchers caught a close-up video of a flying sea pig (aka, a sea cucumber), and it has what looks like 50 tiny hands.

Imagine the thrill of peering into deep time, only to find a fossil within a fossil — a silent, stone-etched echo of life ...

Beneath the icy waters of the Antarctic, scientists have uncovered a chilling new threat lurking in the deep. Parasitic ...

On a wave-battered rock in the northern Pacific Ocean, a fish called the sculpin grips the surface firmly to maintain ...

The tardigrade’s unusual body plan and resistance to harsh conditions provide researchers like Bob Goldstein with a creative ...

Scientists on an expedition to the South Sandwich Islands near Antarctica have recorded horrifying videos of parasitic ...

As India’s astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla heads to the International Space Station on the Axiom-4 mission, he won’t be alone — a ...

Microbes near volcanic vents use a secret metabolic shortcut, the rTCA cycle, to survive extreme conditions and support ...

A 4.4-billion-year-old zircon crystal discovered in Australia may be the oldest surviving piece of Earth.

In a historic moment, marine scientists have captured the first-ever video of a colossal squid in its natural habitat, nearly ...

While scientists do not know exactly why this rare glow occurs, it is likely a byproduct of high concentrations of ...