Brine pools are one of the most extreme environments on Earth, yet despite their high salinity, exotic chemistry, and complete lack of oxygen, these pools are teeming with life.

Rare deep-sea brine pools discovered in Red Sea

Fig. 1: The giant ash cloud that erupted from Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai, taken by the Himawari-8 satellite Credit: EyePress News/Shutterstock

Shockwave caused by Tonga underwater eruption may help scientists predict future...

Paleontologists originally thought that T. rex had three claws, but later determined that it only had two. R. Mickens/©AMNH

Study refutes claim that T. rex was three separate species

Articulated left tibia and pes

A new giant dinosaur gives insight into why many prehistoric meat-eaters...

Illustration of White Rock spinosaurid by Anthony Hutchings. Credit: UoS/A Hutchings

Europe’s largest land predator unearthed on the Isle of Wight

inner core (USC Graphic/Edward Sotelo)

The Earth moves far under our feet: A new study shows...

Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone’s history of hydrothermal explosions over the past 14,000 years

Andrew McAfee, Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Bizarre meat-eating dinosaur joins ‘Rogues’ Gallery’ of giant predators from classic...

Hot-blooded T. rex and cold-blooded Stegosaurus

Hot-blooded T. rex and cold-blooded Stegosaurus: Chemical clues reveal dinosaur metabolisms

The blue path illustrates a core-penetrating seismic wave moving through a region in the outer core, where the seismic speed has increased because a low-density flow has moved into the region. Credit: Ying Zhou

Seismic waves from earthquakes reveal changes in the Earth’s outer core

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