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The mid-ocean ridge runs through the oceans like a suture. Where Earth's plates move apart, new oceanic crust is continuously ...

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The deep sea also harbours some of the most intriguing and alien-like species in existence, yet for several centuries, these ...

Far below the Pacific, a volcano long written off as geologically dead has turned out to be both active and teeming with life ...

The deep sea operates under a set of survival rules unlike anywhere else on Earth. This video breaks down the current deep ...

Bone-eating zombie worms vanished from Pacific canyons during a 10-year study, raising concerns that oxygen loss is altering ...

A recent study questions the potential for life on Jupiter’s moon Europa, citing a lack of active faulting on its seafloor ...

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A transparent goby fish drifted through the darkness, its skeleton visible through paper-thin skin. Nearby, a sea slug wore ...

Discover how Prof William Garvik is uncovering life-saving medicines from the depths of the ocean. Marine organisms could ...