In the 1970s, chemist James Lovelock and microbiologist Lynn Margulis put forth a bold theory: The Earth is a giant living organism. When a mammal is hot, it sweats to cool itself off. If you nick ...

When oceanographer and marine geologist Robert Ballard was a child, he didn’t read Jules Verne’s “Twenty Thousand Leagues ...

Researchers aboard the E/V Nautilus recently discovered four rare Palau nautiluses, ancient cephalopods also known as "living ...

A team of geologists found a group of creatures in an area of Antarctica where life was deemed near to impossible, it was reported. After an exploratory study by drilling 900 meters of ice on the ...

The notion of creatures being simply wiped from the face of the Earth was anathema to many early naturalists. When fossil remains were found that were unlike anything living at the time ...

Some species of dragonfly have more than 28,000 lenses per compound eye, a greater number than any other living creature. And with eyes covering almost their entire head, they have nearly 360-degree ...

The scientists discovered monstrous creatures in the depths, 2.5 miles below the ocean surface. Many of which were new discoveries. Here's some of what they found. Follow Tech Insider: On Facebook ...