China has been making significant advancements in various fields, whether competing with the U.S. in space or achieving ...

Traces of organisms detected in sediments from 7.5 kilometers below the ocean surface reveal how organisms living in the deep sea are engineering their own environments. Analyses of sediment cores ...

Organisms in the deep sea rely on gravity flows to lay down sediment and then make burrows beneath the seafloor, according to a new study.

The announcement comes after reports that Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence detected 62 Chinese military aircraft near ...

Tropical riparian ecosystems—those found along rivers and wetlands—recovered much faster than expected following the ...

New scans of the bottom of the Japan Trench reveal extensive burrow structures and evidence of regular "reset" events that ...

The “cold seep” ecosystem research facility will be positioned 2,000 meters (6,560 feet) beneath the surface of the ...

Scientists explore Lost City, in the Atlantic, where chemical reactions in hydrothermal vents could explain the origin of ...

China has approved the construction of a deep-sea research facility in the South China Sea to support marine exploration.

The South China Sea’s rich resources, including methane hydrates and rare minerals, make it a strategic location. By ...

Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine environment—shaping and maintaining habitats that themselves sustain countless other forms ...

The rare site was about two million years old beneath thousands of feet under the Atlantic Ocean and may contain secrets of ...