An international team looks back 12 million years for clues about the formation of these vast areas where no life can survive A satellite image of the Northern Gulf of Mexico, where 'dead zones' can ...

What you're looking at is either an ocean or a sea—two of Earth's most awe-inspiring bodies of water. Though both are crucial to our planet's ecosystems and are often used interchangeably in ...

The mystery mollusk is the first nudibranch known to live in the deep water column. This species lives in the ocean's midnight zone, an expansive environment of open water 1,000 to 4,000 meters ...

A Boston University led team of scientists analyzed a Pacific Ocean seamount that is teeming with biologically diverse corals ...

Gray zone warfare refers to activities that fall between conventional warfare and peace, often involving subversive tactics that can destabilize adversaries without triggering open conflict. China’s ...