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Discover how apex predators like great whites started as slow, bottom-dwelling fish in ancient oceans, and how climate change ...
Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Maddy has a ...
This tiny deep-water shark has one of the most terrifying feeding methods in the ocean. Its size is deceiving, but its bite ...
Most of what’s known about the deep-sea painted swellshark, was learned when researchers found specimens in the fish markets of Bali and Lombok, Indonesia back in the early 2000s. However, a recent ...
Very little is known about its biology other than a few physical traits, including the shark’s long first dorsal-fin base, which is unique among ... any understanding of the shark. Even previous ...
"It's suspected that they use bioluminescence to communicate with each other." This is an Inside Science story. Forget the white whale -- some of the most rarely seen albinos on the planet are ...
Veterans of the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo often throw around the phrase “rodeo weather.” If you know, you know. “It ain’t gonna be a rodeo without a little rain,” said Jay Loper, vice president ...
Researchers at the University of Delaware and hoping that sharks equipped with sensor tags can help forecasters better ...
Researchers suggest the rows of pointed structures on the heads of spotted ratfish are true teeth, offering the first known ...
Scientists studied how the sea creatures, also known as chimaeras or ghost sharks, ended up with one of evolution’s most ...