A team of researchers discovered a “flourishing” ecosystem of clams, tube worms and other creatures over 30,000 feet below the Pacific Ocean. The discoveries mark the “deepest and the most extensive chemosynthesis-based communities known to exist,

Researchers discovered communities of creatures living in frigid, pitch-black waters under high pressure

Hurricane Gil is churning in the eastern Pacific Ocean but isn't expected to threaten land. Forecasters say the storm is likely to weaken rapidly over the weekend.

Hurricane Gil has formed in the eastern Pacific. By The Associated Press