Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are thousands of crab species, each with its own unique features. While we think of crabs as beach creatures, there are many ...

There are thousands of crab species, each with its own unique features. While we think of crabs as beach creatures, there are many species that thrive in the deep sea. One example is the yeti crab, ...

There are thousands of crab species, each with its own unique features. While we think of crabs as beach creatures, there are many species that thrive in the deep sea. One example is the yeti crab, ...

Half of Earth’s oceans are more than 3.2km deep. Beneath them lie cavernous plains untouched by sunlight, vast gaping trenches made by Earth’s tectonic plates shifting, and ranges of underwater ...

Beds of Bathymodiolus mussels provide important habitat for other deep-sea critters, including sea stars, scaleworms and limpets. NOAA Ocean Exploration. The deep sea is the large ...

The expedition aboard RRS Sir David Attenborough is investigating how the trace metals iron and manganese regulate ocean ...

More than a million giant skate eggs are discovered incubating in the heat of an underwater Pacific Ocean volcano.

Volcanic landscapes look hostile to life, yet some worms are not just surviving in these extremes, they are flourishing. From deep-sea vents that should boil flesh to toxic volcanic soils on land, ...

Portions of the ocean outside territorial waters, including the deep seabed, are formally recognized by the UN Convention on ...

A team of scientists has uncovered ancient fossils in Morocco that challenge conventional theories about the origins of life on Earth.

Learn more about the top theories about how life began on Earth, and how it may not have started from scratch.