Europa has a deep ocean, but a new study suggests its seafloor may be too quiet to supply the energy life needs to survive.

For decades, Europa has been cast as one of the Solar System’s best bets for alien biology, a frozen world hiding a global ...

A rapid climate collapse during the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction devastated ocean life and reshuffled Earth’s ecosystems.

Decomposition is essential to all ecosystems, both on land and in the ocean. In marine environments, decomposition and ...

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

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As the Arctic Ocean loses its sea ice due to climate change, sunlight penetrates deeper into the water and encourages the growth of tiny plant-like organisms (phytoplankton). But to thrive, they need ...

Saturn's moon Titan was once suggested to possibly contain hidden life inside its huge subsurface ocean, but these hopes may have been scuppered by a new discovery. Titan is likely uninhabitable from ...

With this jaw-dropping image (pun intended) of a rare Bryde’s whale about to consume a heart-shaped baitball, photographer Rafael Fernández Caballero has been named the Ocean Photographer of the Year ...

OPINION: The Trump administration plans to open the length of California's coast to offshore oil and gas development, ...