Researchers said that potato-sized nodules could be producing enough electrical current to split seawater into hydrogen and oxygen, a process known as electrolysis.

An Oxford academic has theorized about what might happen if humans were to go extinct and reveals which species could take ...

Fungi are among the most important organisms on Earth. Even though most of the world's described 157,000 fungal species are ...

Fungi are among the most important organisms on Earth. Even though most of the world's described 157,000 fungal species are ...

Animals, plants and many other living organisms inhale oxygen to "burn" (oxidize) compounds like sugar into CO2 and water—a ...

Ten new species of sponge have been discovered off Hawaii. Researchers identified the new species of marine sponge using a ...

Could lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean be making oxygen in the absence of sunlight? Some ...

The oldest lake in the world dates back about 25 million years and is also the world's deepest and most biologically diverse ...

Some experts think “xenobot” cells that reorganize themselves after death signify a form of consciousness—while others ...

What if life didn’t require oxygen? For centuries, we've operated under the assumption that oxygen is an essential part of ...