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Deep beneath the eastern Pacific Ocean, roughly a thousand miles off the coast of Ecuador, the seafloor has been keeping time. Every five to six years, in almost the same locations, at almost the same intensity, a magnitude 6 earthquake strikes with a regularity so precise that scientists reached for the word "clockwork" to describe it.

As reported in the journal Nature, the finding revealed that a temperate rainforest once existed near the South Pole during the Cretaceous period. Scientists explained that the fossils were not random pieces of plant fragments carried from elsewhere.

For many years, marine biologists would talk about glass sponge reefs in the past tense. These incredible and fragile undersea formations, which were made by creatures that spun their siliceous skeletons, were thought of as ancient structures that belonged to the age of dinosaurs.

If you have a dog, you know the exact moment when the honeymoon phase is over. It often happens during a cosy morning cuddle when your furry best friend leans in for a sweet puppy kiss, and you're hit with a wave of breath so foul it could strip paint.

Deep-water expeditions in the Coral Sea continue to reveal how little of the ocean's biodiversity has actually been documented. Areas that appear visually empty on sonar scans often contain dense biological communities once remotely operated vehicles descend to the seafloor.

Scientists have identified Nyctibatrachus kali, a new night frog species from Karnataka's Kali river basin. The finding highlights hidden Western Ghats biodiversity and the need to protect pressured habitats.

The Pennine hills are likely to become ground zero for combating climate change. In northern England's peatland bogs, thousands of strategically made holes, called "scallop bunds," are aiding in bringing back destroyed peatlands to life, sequestering carbon, and restoring wetlands.

With the melting of Arctic ice on the eastern side of Baffin Island in Canada's Arctic, scientists are uncovering ancient tundra plants that remained buried beneath ice for more than 40,000 years.

Ever wondered what lies beneath the frozen continent of Antarctica? Well, it's an ecosystem that once seemed inconceivable.