A few strange pits and trails preserved in ancient Italian rocks have changed what scientists thought they knew about the earliest vertebrate fossils from the deep ocean. Dating back 130 million years ...

Scientists have found 149 new deep-sea species during an ocean exploration mission that also uncovered a site containing ...

The deep sea, which is typically defined as depths of at least 200 feet, is home to 90% of marine fish life, but the fishes that inhabit it are poorly represented in the fossil record. Whole body fish ...

Scientists have traced the fish genus Cyclothone much further back in time by studying tiny teeth preserved in seafloor sediments. According to Yale News, the evidence suggests this group of fish ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: Minderoo-University of Western Australia Deep-Sea Research Center and Inkfish Scientists have gotten their first ...

Last year, INSTAAR lost one of the people who helped shape the institute into what it is today. Former INSTAAR research librarian and polar climate data expert Martha Andrews passed away peacefully at ...

The deep sea is a dark, cold place. It's just a few degrees above freezing, subject to immense pressure, and beyond the reach of the sunlight needed for photosynthesis. The life that does survive in ...

Researchers have uncovered more than 400 fossilized whale bones in an ocean-floor chasm. Plus, the working lives of scientists, in pictures, and how AI could slow the pace of research publication for ...