After a decade of carnage, we finally know what’s devastating sea stars along the West Coast. Does that mean scientists can ...

Wells (@dwallacewells), a writer for Opinion and a columnist for The New York Times Magazine, is the author of “The ...

Discovery of deep-sea chemosynthesis-based communities suggests more life forms exist in unexplored ocean depths, according to a study by Chinese researchers ...

From The Mariana Trench to the summit of Everest, microplastics can be found almost everywhere on Earth. Now, a study has ...

Here is the story of how plastic contaminates entire ecosystems — and even the food we eat. The story starts with a single ...

Scientists discovered thriving deep-sea communities powered by chemicals in ocean trenches over 31,000 feet deep.

The world of extreme sports is mourning the death of Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian athlete who became the first person to break the sound barrier during a freefall jump in 2012. He died in a ...

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Life is amazing. It’s survived everything from asteroid impacts to ice ages to continental drift and simply continued ...

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Inside the Idaho prison where Bryan Kohberger is being housed Bryan Kohberger was sentenced Wednesday to four life sentences plus 10 years.