Once scientists have collected an eDNA sample, they analyze it via bar coding, which can either look for a single species or ...

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A rare oarfish, often called the "doomsday fish," was spotted in Mexico—just days after another deep-sea creature, a deep-sea ...

I’m drawn from my bed at dawn, lured by something deep and impossible to ignore – an evolutionary impulse, perhaps – to the ...

[New Paper] Meet Delectopecten thermus, a new species of Glass Scallop from a deep-sea hot vent in Okinawa Trough, Japan! We ...

Moments in human history are etched into the Earth. Now researchers are piecing together evidence of our impact on the planet ...

What would happen if a 500-meter asteroid hit Earth? Scientists at the IBS Center for Climate Physics modeled the aftermath, ...

During the extreme low tides of February, an unusual marine resident is being spotted in the seagrass beds on the backside of ...

A kayaker in Chile was caught on camera being briefly swallowed by a humpback whale before getting spit back out.

There are about 200 documented species of jellyfish pulsing their way through the world's waters. Most range from the size of your belly button to the size of a car tire.

Marine researchers are investigating the death of a basking shark that washed up recently in Wellfleet. Here's what we know.

This is because these jellies generally live in deep waters, down as far as 22,000 feet (6,700 m ... their arms around their food — usually plankton or small fish — and hoist them into ...