Far beneath the ocean’s surface, hydrothermal vents gush superheated, mineral-rich fluids that nourish entire ecosystems without sunlight. Bacteria here convert chemicals into energy, supporting ...

This article explores the "Lost City," a unique hydrothermal vent field located on the Atlantis Massif in the Atlantic Ocean.

Thousands of meters below the frigid surface of the Southern Ocean, a robotic submarine named Isis crawled along a volcanic ...

A viral deep sea mystery took more than two years to solve because the ocean still hides life in forms scientists barely ...

This week, we continue our look at evolutionary theories of the origin of life and the extreme challenges they face. One of the major hurdles concerns the amount of time ...

This is the Volume 2 of a series of Research Topics and you can explore Volume 1 here Microorganisms are ubiquitous and can be found in various ...

Explore the history of life on Earth, from 3.5-billion-year-old fossils to the vast diversity of species on our planet today.

Scientists pulled a shimmering golden orb from two miles deep off Alaska and had no clue what it was. Three years of failed ...

Thousands of metres deep in the Caribbean Sea, there’s a bizarre habitat where there’s no sunlight, mineral-rich waters reach ...

Spread the loveIn a groundbreaking study published on April 26, 2026, in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology, scientists have revealed astonishing findings about the resilience of ...

The surface waters of the Antarctic are a cold, still world of ice, hovering around minus one degree Celsius. Thousands of ...