Rare deep sea ‘doomsday fish’ washes ashore alive on Mexico beach
An oarfish, a super rare creature commonly referred to as the “doomsday fish,” washed ashore on a beach in Mexico, leaving ...
When Did Ocean Acidity Allow Life To Start?
A new study finds that ocean acidity may have prevented life on Earth from developing for the planet’s first 500 million ...
Deep-Sea Creatures Are Crafting Their Own Worlds Beneath the Ocean Floor, Study Finds
Organisms in the deep sea rely on gravity flows to lay down sediment and then make burrows beneath the seafloor, according to a new study.
Strange corkscrew burrows and other unexpected structures discovered 4.7 miles deep in the Japan Trench
New scans of the bottom of the Japan Trench reveal extensive burrow structures and evidence of regular "reset" events that ...
Old NASA mission reveals an unlikely world harbors an ocean
Callisto, the third largest moon in the entire solar system, orbits Jupiter from about 1.2 million miles away. The rocky ...
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Rare Deep-Sea “Doomsday Fish” Washed Ashore and People Are Convinced It’s a Bad Omen
A huge oarfish washed up near La Paz in Baja California Sur in 2020. Credit: Fernando Cavalin. On a sunlit beach in Lanzarote ...
The internet is sobbing over sighting of deep-sea anglerfish surfacing before death: Video
Social media users are reacting to the rare sighting of a black seadevil anglerfish that was spotted on the surface of the water near Tenerife island in Spain.
Social media ‘sobbing’ over deep-sea fish: ‘I have no one to talk about it’
National Geographic explained how the scientists who spotted this anglerfish — also referred to as the “black seadevil” for ...
Ocean Guardians: How elephant seals are acting as 'smart sensors' for scientists to unlock ocean secrets
Elephant seals are now key players in ocean research. Fitted with smart sensors, these massive marine mammals are helping ...
China to build 'deep-sea space station' 6,561ft underwater as Taiwan tensions rise
The announcement comes after reports that Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence detected 62 Chinese military aircraft near ...
China to build deep-sea research station in contested South China Sea by 2030, triggers debate on marine dominance
The South China Sea’s rich resources, including methane hydrates and rare minerals, make it a strategic location. By ...
Strange discovery inside cases pulled 8km from below the ocean floor
The contents of three large metal cases have changed our understanding of life under the ocean. Inside were vials of sediment hauled up from a record 8km below the surface of the Pacific Ocean.