Researchers have identified a sex chromosome in the California two-spot octopus. This chromosome has likely been around for 480 million years, since before octopuses split apart from the nautilus on ...

An international team of marine biologists has documented the highest known count of deep-sea species living in methane seeps ...

Scientists discovered the 1-foot-long animal while aboard a submersible several miles deep in the Pacific Ocean. Take a look.

If you'd like to learn more about your health, heritage and family history, an at-home DNA test can help you do just that. Justin Jaffe is the Managing Editor for CNET Money. He has more than 20 ...

Credit: Remih/ Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 Philistines were very likely of Greek origin, according to a recent DNA study that traces the origins ... of the Philistines to the exploits of the Sea ...

The volume of the Aral Sea has doubled over the past decade, marking a surprising recovery. This change is attributed to efforts to restore the sea and reduce water usage in surrounding areas.

While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells' in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms of DNA damage evade repair and can persist for many years, new research shows. This means ...

When hundreds of eerily perfect circles were discovered on the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, theories abounded about what they could mean. Four years of underwater research revealed a lost world.

Images of the burning oil tanker Sounion are a stark reminder of Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea. (Photo: Eunavfor Aspides) A reported ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas has ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Estonian naval ships sail in the Baltic Sea on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, as part of stepped-up NATO patrols in ...