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Biofluorescence has been documented for the first time in Swell Sharks off Australia, showing these familiar predators possess a hidden glowing...

Deep-Sea Expeditions & Discoveries

• 🔥 Ancient Coral Habitats Revealed: Joint Oceana Canada and DFO expedition documented submarine canyons over...

Two reports detail the same expedition uncovering rich deep-sea ecosystems off Newfoundland.

• Coral colonies over a century old and vast sea pen...

A skeptical marine naturalist documented fishermen's account of a ghostly-white shark over 100 feet long that lifted heavy lobster pots clean off the...

Great white shark sightings in Gansbaai collapsed after 2017 as orcas Port and Starboard attacked them, while overfishing, bycatch and shark nets...

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In Shark Bay, tiger shark numbers stayed stable even as dugongs fell 67% and green turtles 39% after the 2010/2011 heatwave. Researchers are now using...

The slender fangjaw's needle-shaped guanine platelets act like living prisms, bending and scattering light from its organs rather than simply...

A marine heat wave already warming California coastal waters 3-4°F could intensify with El Niño, halting kelp recovery vital for the ecosystem while...

Ocean Monitoring Advances

• Sharks as Sensors: Researchers tag sharks to collect temperature and depth data for hurricane and ocean monitoring...

Sperm whales rule the deep with bizarre, terrifying adaptations no other predator matches.

• Largest brain in history: 7-9 kg of neural tissue powers...

Tagged sharks are collecting real-time temperature and depth data through their natural movements, expanding coverage for hurricane and ocean...

• Record ocean heat is pushing temperature-sensitive fish into new ranges, mainly via offspring redispersal rather than adult movement
• Shrimp range...

A new nature documentary spotlights bioluminescent fish, giant squid, and other abyss survivors thriving in darkness and crushing pressure, while stressing urgent conservation against pollution and climate threats.

Florida's seafloor mapping milestone has uncovered previously unknown mesophotic coral reefs in deeper waters, providing fresh insights into marine ecosystems and biodiversity far offshore.

The article examines how predators influence marine parasites and diseases, underscoring their value as ecosystem regulators for conservation priorities.

Tagged sharks are emerging as free, 24/7 ocean sensors that gather temperature data at depth to improve hurricane forecasts.

This approach creates a...

Tourists aboard a whale-watching boat off Taitung cheered excitedly as a whale shark over five meters long surfaced and swam calmly nearby, completely unfazed by the vessel.

Ocean acidification from rising CO2 is chemically altering seawater and stressing marine organisms from plankton to reefs.

• Chemical shift: CO2...