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Rarely seen ‘supergiant’ deep-sea cousin of woodlice is actually quite common, study finds
A rarely spotted “supergiant” crustacean related to woodlice is actually a common inhabitant of the sea floor, a new study ...
Trump Fast-Tracks Deep-Sea Mining, Endangering a Still-Unexplored Ocean World
Deep-sea mining could unleash clouds of debris that threaten a mysterious, vital ecosystem we barely understand.
Over 99% of the deep ocean floor remains a mystery, study finds
Explorers know that the Earth’s oceans are vast, covering about 71% of the surface of the globe. According to a new study, ...
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Scaly-foot snail: The armor-plated hermaphrodite with a giant heart that lives near scalding deep-sea volcanoes and never eats
Also known as "volcano snails," these gastropods grow a suit of metal-enriched scaly armor and have an enormous heart, which ...
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Humans Have Seen Only 0.001 Percent of the World’s Deep Seas, Leaving Most of the Planet a Vast Mystery
Dumbo octopuses, like the Opisthoteuthis agassizii seen here during a 2019 dive, are the deepest-living group of octopuses known. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2019 Southeastern U ...
‘Long’-armed deep-sea creature with dozens of suckers discovered as new species
A remotely operated submersible saw the “semi-gelatinous” animal lying on the ocean floor and “flying underwater.” Take a ...
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Gigantic 'mud waves' buried deep beneath the ocean floor reveal dramatic formation of Atlantic when Africa and South America finally split
Enormous "mud waves" buried under the Atlantic seabed formed 117 million years ago as the Atlantic Ocean opened up.