"This has profound implications for how we interpret surface volcanism, earthquake activity and the process of continental ...

Beneath Ethiopia, the Earth’s mantle is pulsing like a slow, steady heartbeat, slowly tearing Africa apart and laying the ...

Deep below the surface, an extraordinary microbial world thrives, ... Microorganisms have adapted to extreme conditions, from ...

Scientists found a rhythmic mantle plume beneath Ethiopia is slowly tearing Africa apart - hinting at the birth of a new ...

The Metals Company is applying for permission from the Trump administration to mine for nickel and cobalt beneath a remote ...

A NEW ocean is forming beneath Ethiopia as a “heartbeat”-like pulse deep below the Earth’s surface splits the African ...

Researchers in Ethiopia’s Afar Rift reported a deep, rhythmic mantle “pulse” that is slowly tearing Africa apart to form a ...

Samples came from deep-sea mud, boreholes, underground aquifers, and fractured rocks. In marine settings, archaea stood out—especially in deep-sea sediments where energy is scarce.

With ear-like fins that flap gracefully through the water, the Dumbo octopus in this YouTube video looks like it waltzed ...

There might be a hidden ocean's worth of liquid water below the surface of Mars, seismic evidence suggests.. According to a new paper published April 25 in the journal National Science Review ...

Bringing deep-sea organisms to the surface to study is challenging. Adapted for high pressures, few animals, if any, survive the journey, so photos and videos are crucial.

In 2013, scientists were stunned to find microbes thriving deep inside volcanic rocks beneath the seafloor off the Pacific Northwest, buried under more than 870 feet of sediment.