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

Scientists have identified a brand-new species of worm living in the Great Salt Lake, marking only the third known animal ...

It was once a star attraction alongside Great Keppel Island, with hundreds of tourists daily in the 80s and 90s, but these ...

Blue blood may look alien, but it’s one of evolution’s most elegant solutions to life in extreme environments. Here’s how ...

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, ...

A mining-machine test on the deep-ocean floor resulted in species diversity declining by roughly 32% in the tracks of the ...

This sleek, black creature of the deep is a master of speed and agility, gliding effortlessly through the ocean’s vast ...

In Earth's fossil record, soft-bodied organisms like jellyfish rarely stand the test of time. What's more, it's hard for any ...

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

Nature always has the potential to outdo human imagination. From across oceans, forests, deserts, and isolated islands, there ...