Sea lions and birds sickened as toxic algae bloom reaches San Diego
The pregnant sea lion was alone on a rocky shoreline in Imperial Beach. Suffering from a suspected case of domoic acid ...
Deep water whale seen swimming up shallow river in Ireland, photos show. ‘Rare event’
The marine mammal — an infrequent visitor to the shores of the Emerald Isle — was spotted in the Waterford Estuary on the ...
Orcas seen hunting ‘prickly’ species for the first time, study says. ‘Groundbreaking’
For the first time, a group of killer whales has been documented preying upon a prickly shark, a rare deep-sea dweller, according to a study published on March 20 in the journal Frontiers in Fish ...
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Massive iceberg breakaway exposes undiscovered creatures beneath Antarctic waters
Giant sea spiders, octopuses, ice fish, corals, and sponges—some likely to be hundreds of years old—were discovered in a ...
Race to name creatures of the deep as mining interest grows
In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners—and huge numbers ...
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‘Fragile’ deep-sea creature — with 20 tentacles — discovered as new species in Pacific
Far below the surface of the South China Sea, a creature with “glass-like” skin was discovered. Greg Nerantzakis via Unsplash Deep below the surface of the ocean in the South China Sea ...