Brine pools are hypersaline underwater lakes that are lethal to most marine life. Created from ancient salt deposits sleeping on the sea floor, they are so dense that their surface is nearly ...

Scientists found deep-sea 'death pools' in the Gulf of Aqaba. These pools host extremophile microbes and are devoid of oxygen ...

A handsome fictional mathematician once said that life, uh, finds a way – and he’s not wrong. Earth is teeming with organisms ...

Growing up in a city where the ocean is a stone's throw away is idyllic, but in Recife, the sea holds a secret that keeps swimmers at bay.