Six animals pulled from the deep ocean were so biologically distinct that researchers had to create entirely new taxonomic ...

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Deep in the ocean is a worm that makes its home inside a “glass castle,” a mysterious “ghost shark” and a carnivorous “death ball” sponge. These are just three of the 1,121 “previously unknown” ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

That engineering can learn from sea sponges isn’t as strange as it first seems. The tiny, hair-like appendages, called basalia spicules, that fix the creature to the floor are composed of a form of ...

When we think of marine life, we usually picture colorful coral reefs or dense seaweed forests filled with fish and other critters. The ocean that comes to mind is the one touched by sunlight. However ...

When we think of marine life, we usually picture colourful coral reefs or dense seaweed forests filled with fish and other critters. The ocean that comes to mind is the one touched by sunlight.