Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucat n Peninsula of Mexico triggered the extinction of all known non-bird dinosaurs. But for the early ...

Paleontologists have been arguing whether modern birds developed before or after the infamous asteroid for decades. Now, a ...

A new study focusing on Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, shows that the physics of alien oceans could prevent evidence of deep-sea life from reaching places where we can detect it.

The world's largest invertebrate remained hidden from humanity until a tantalising glimpse 100 years ago. But it would be ...

What are the top facts about the ocean? While much is known about the ocean, a large part of it remains unknown. Here are fun facts about it for people of all ages.

Researchers studying crustaceans in Vietnam have identified a new "supergiant" sea bug species that bears a surprising resemblance to a classic movie villain. Deep-sea sea bugs, or the Bathynomus ...

Based on the reserves, the oil is believed to be over 511 billion barrels, which implies more than the North Sea’s production for fifty years. This find makes the British Antarctic Territory a ...

The Ann Arbor couple were among 130 guests who sailed the Drake Passage to Antarctica ... and they arrived ahead of schedule and without sea sickness. A physician was just one of many experts ...

The phenomenon occurs because the Earth’s Southern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun as the planet rotates around it, and Antarctica is at its closest point to the sun on the rotation.

Sinéad Kennedy and her dad Paul on their Antarctic adventure Four penguins came into sight, playing on an iceberg as we zoomed through the sea in a black inflatable speed boat. There were 11 ...

While sea levels are certain to rise this century, projections of the contribution from Antarctic ice vary from a 44cm rise to a 22cm fall. Much of this uncertainty is because the ocean processes ...

We have all heard the rumour, right? That over a lifetime, humans swallow around 20 spiders in our sleep. Now, given that the average life expectancy in the UK is over the age of 80, that’s not ...