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

The deepest reaches of the Arctic Ocean contain one of the most desolate environments on our entire planet. It is known as ...

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These "total monsters of fishes" are extinct today, though new clues about their lives come from CT scans and their closest ...

Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences kept busy throughout 2025. Along with collaborators from across the globe, ...

Giant phantom jelly sightings are extremely rare, but recent footage shows this extraordinary deep-sea jellyfish in all its ...

Learn all about the unmistakable pilot whale, from their diet and size to life in the pod and why, sadly, they're prone to ...

Scientists already knew that the pair of shallow coastal ocean dwellers keep very different schedules of downtime: The ...

A treasure trove of deep reef dwellers has been discovered in coral reefs off the coast of Guam, including 20 that are new to ...

Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest ...

A recent video shows a massive bluntnose sixgill shark emerging from the deep sea. This ancient species, predating dinosaurs, ...