Remarkably preserved fossils found in southern China offer a fascinating window into what life looked like at the end of the ...

The strange, shiny discovery, retrieved from the ocean near Alaska in 2023, turned out to be part of an anemone, scientists said. By John Yoon Explorers sent a robot two miles under the ocean’s ...

Sea pansies are purple, fleshy, leaf-shaped marine organisms that live on sandy or muddy sediment. They belong to the genus Renilla and are cnidarians — the same group that includes jellyfish and sea ...

It’s an age-old story: an innovative robot company with a brilliant idea and some game-changing technology finds itself battling a tough opponent: reality. Extreme environments are one of the most ...

The Metals Company is attempting to build a deep-sea mining operation. It has a vested interest in highlighting every positive development. When The Metals Company received word that its application ...

Gene Costello usually has easy access to both sides of Sea Bright’s waterfront. The backyard of his home sits along the Shrewsbury River. Out front, across Ocean Avenue, a staircase leads down to the ...

The key to reducing America’s reliance on China for rare-earth minerals to power cell phones and other technology just may be resting on the ocean floor. But how to get to the minerals off the Texas ...

Right now, the Arctic is maxing out on sea ice – the cold of winter has built up over months of darkness, and ice has spread as far south as it will all year. It’s the North Pole’s sea ice maximum, ...

SEATAC, Wash. — Air travelers across the country could soon see something unusual at airport security: immigration agents helping run TSA checkpoints. The move comes as the partial federal government ...

As President Donald Trump ordered Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents to airports to bolster security amid a partial federal shutdown, the Port of Seattle has not received notice that ICE ...

Animals come in an extraordinary range of body shapes. A starfish looks nothing like an earthworm, a mouse, or a human. Yet even closely related species can appear radically different: corals, ...

Attacks on commercial ships in the Middle East this month have all but closed the vital Strait of Hormuz to tankers, upending the oil market and sending producers in search of other routes to get ...