This video explores the terrifying story of Leviathan melvillei, a prehistoric sperm whale that ruled the oceans millions of ...

A manganese ring shows Mars' Utopia Planitia once held a stable ocean for around one million years, long enough for life to ...

A colossal new sea predator named Tylosaurus rex has been identified from fossils found in Texas, revealing a brutal 43-foot-long hunter that ruled ancient oceans 80 million years ago. The discovery ...

Seagrass fossils show ancient meadows moved toward the poles during warm periods, offering clues for today’s warming oceans.

NEWSER - The remains of a salty ocean ancient enough for dinosaurs to have drowned in it have been found deep in the sediment under the Chesapeake Bay. The seawater — believed to be 100 to 150 million ...

A fossil discovered in northeastern Brazil is giving scientists and visitors a rare look at a world that existed hundreds of ...

Mass extinction events throughout Earth’s history are characterized as significant disruptions to life on the planet. There have been five major extinction events that have fundamentally changed how ...

A recent study in Nature Geoscience offers important new insights into the hidden role of ancient groundwater beneath the ocean floor—and how it may have interacted with ice sheets and rising sea ...

New research shows, for the first time, an unprecedented and significant warming of equatorial Atlantic upper intermediate ...