Organisms in the deep sea rely on gravity flows to lay down sediment and then make burrows beneath the seafloor, according to a new study.

Traces of organisms detected in sediments from 7.5 kilometers below the ocean surface reveal how organisms living in the deep sea are engineering their own environments. Analyses of sediment cores ...

Tropical riparian ecosystems—those found along rivers and wetlands—recovered much faster than expected following the ...

New scans of the bottom of the Japan Trench reveal extensive burrow structures and evidence of regular "reset" events that ...

A first-of-its-kind global assessment has revealed 603 wild animals plus five livestock taxa that do more than just inhabit the Earth – they shape it. These “animal architects” literally move their ...

Divers in Florida’s Steinhatchee River stumbled upon hundreds of pristine fossils from an obscure Ice Age period, including giant armadillos, ancient horses and possibly a new species of tapir.