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Researchers Discover “Death Ball” Sponge and Dozens of Other Bizarre Deep-Sea Creatures in the Southern Ocean
Researchers have discovered 30 previously unknown deep-sea species in the remote ocean surrounding Antarctica, they announced ...
Scientists are revolutionizing how new marine species are described through the Ocean Species Discoveries initiative. Using advanced lab techniques, researchers recently unveiled 14 new species from ...
Documentation provides one of the most detailed observations of seafloor biodiversity and habitats at these depths ...
Like most deep-sea biologists, I have a large collection of decorated Styrofoam cups. A couple dozen line the bookshelf of my office, each displaying a rainbow of Sharpie colors. Each cup is ...
Green Matters on MSN
Researchers Come Across an Unexpected Animal Ecosystem Thriving Under the Seafloor
Life exists in all the cracks and crevices of the world. The discovery of a first-of-its-kind habitat on the Pacific Ocean ...
A multi-institutional team that includes researchers from the University of Delaware, University of California San Diego and Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), among others, published a ...
ScienceAlert on MSN
'Impossible' Life Found Beneath Arctic Ice Could Alter Climate Models
Researchers found that the fringes of Arctic sea ice tend to host more nitrogen-fixing bacteria and higher nitrogen-fixing ...
Under-sea mountains are key locations for predators -- with 41 times more sharks than the open ocean, new research shows. Under-sea mountains are key locations for predators -- with 41 times more ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. The bottom of the ocean is cold, dark, and under extreme pressure. It is not a place suited to the physiology of us surface dwellers: At ...
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