The first new species, Peltospira gargantua, was found on a black smoker chimney in the Hydra field at a depth of about 12,300 feet, researchers said.

Just below Greenland is a menacing stretch of water known as the Cold Blob. As the planet heats up, the Cold Blob remains a spooky outlier — positioned right above the area where the Atlantic Ocean’s ...

Watch video of satellite imagery that shows how the opening between Hatteras and Ocracoke islands has grown dramatically in ...

Deep in the swamps of the American Southeast stands a quiet giant: the bald cypress (Taxodium distichum). These majestic ...

Did you know that there are countries where average temperature range between a chilly 7 degrees Celsius to a frosty -4.0 ...

About 340 million years ago, the Appalachian Mountains were as tall as the Himalayas and spanned across what is today three continents.

As clean-up efforts continue in the western part of the state from Hurricane Helene, and rebuilding is still going on stemming from Hurricane Matthew and Hurricane Florence, state leaders are ...

A section of Stebbins Gulch and Bole Woods at Holden Arboretum were recently added to the national Old-Growth Forest Network.

A new review of ocean data suggests that more than 99.999 percent of the global deep seafloor has never been seen by humans. But what does that really mean?

North Carolina has historically ... more than 150,000 acres with convenient access to the Atlantic Ocean. To take advantage of its unique topography and climate, several training schools operate ...

An estimated 370 North Atlantic Right Whales are left in the wild today. Of those, only around 70 are females, making reproduction chances slim for the species. These two whales have been named ...

Over the next decade, the Subtropical North Atlantic is expected to experience significant changes in deep water properties, with warmer, saltier waters potentially reaching the region.