Explore the fascinating and lethal world of ocean brine pools, known as 'lakes of death,' which harbor unique ecosystems and ...

A team of researchers has confirmed the existence of at least one previously unknown nematode in the exceptionally salty lake ...

Scientists has discovered a never-before-seen creature in great Salt Lake as ‘roundworm.’The newly found worm species has ...

Scientists have identified a brand-new species of worm living in the Great Salt Lake, marking only the third known animal ...

Across the world’s continental shelves, scientists are racing to reconstruct an ancient landscape that once stretched where ...

Planet Earth has a way of crafting landscapes that seem to belong in a science fiction movie rather than on our own home soil. From stones that move on their own to mountains that look like chocolate ...

Why it's incredible: In summer, the lake looks like a giant doily in the landscape. Spotted Lake — also known as Khiluk Lake in the local Indigenous Nsyilxcən language — is a soda lake named after ...

Spotted Lake is a soda lake that evaporates every summer, leaving a white crust with circular brine pools that can appear ...

CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — Some four miles off the Southern California coast, a company is betting it can solve one of desalination’s biggest problems by moving the technology deep below the ocean’s ...

Powerful winds over Lake Erie on Dec. 29 caused major shifts in water levels, with waves carrying water so high and far that they exposed some of the lake's floor beneath in a phenomenon known as a ...