Habitats are diverse environments where plants and animals live, providing natural resources that living things need to survive. From vast ocean habitats to the frozen arctic tundra, there are many ...

Off the western shores of Central and South America, there is a Lovecraftian, lava-licked realm thousands of feet beneath the ocean. There, on the seafloor, volcanically powered exhaust ports known as ...

Recent studies have revealed fascinating connections between rising oxygen levels in deep-ocean environments and the evolution of marine life, particularly in the Late Devonian period. This research, ...

WILDLIFE IS DISAPPEARING around the world, in the oceans and on land. The main cause on land is perhaps the most straightforward: Humans are taking over too much of the planet, erasing what was there ...

For the first time, scientists observed tubeworms and other complex ocean creatures dwelling beneath hydrothermal vents. By Robin George Andrews Off the western shores of Central and South America, ...