The mysterious goo, which a marine superintendent found in a ship’s rudder shaft housing comprised a whole new order of ...

An eerie black sludge hidden on a ship's rudder turns out to be a completely unknown form of life—now named ShipGoo001.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio - A ship that docked in Cleveland last summer harbored what scientists believe was a previously unknown form of life. The revelation occurred after the research vessel Blue Heron, ...

Cody Sheik, an associate professor at the university and an expert in microbial ecology, used chemicals to crack open the cells of the goo and the microscopic inner workings. The substance, which is ...

An "unexpected life form" that has the look of a pitch black, tar-like substance was found on a boat docking in Cleveland, Ohio — and needless to say, fans of both the Alien and X-Files ...

The black goo first appeared on a 46-meter (50-yard) patch of asphalt on the highway and continued to grow until it eventually covered roughly 13 kilometers (8 miles), with a thickness of 2.5 ...