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For more than 60 years, the ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) was one of the ocean’s greatest mysteries.

Scientists discovered deep Arctic methane mounds that release gas, shape ecosystems, and inform climate risks.

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A cnidarian is attached to a dead sponge stalk on a manganese nodule in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Diva Amon and Craig Smith, University of Hawaii at Mānoa Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it ...

Far below the surface of the Red Sea, in a region long associated with the Biblical story of Moses parting the waters, ...

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A transparent goby fish drifted through the darkness, its skeleton visible through paper-thin skin. Nearby, a sea slug wore ...

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A mining-machine test on the deep-ocean floor resulted in species diversity declining by roughly 32% in the tracks of the ...

Learn how the deepest gas hydrate cold seep ever found in the Arctic is revealing how methane moves — and sustains life — far ...