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In 2013, the blobfish was voted World’s Ugliest Animalby theUgly Animal Preservation Society in an effort to get some attention for creatures who aren’t exactly panda-cute. Th ...

A new study analyzes the evolutionary history of 11 deep-sea species from environments stretching from the central Indian ...

Researchers and crewmembers aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute's Falkor (too), "seized upon the moment" and were richly ...

When you think of blood, the first colour that probably comes to mind is red. That’s true for most animals, including humans.

Deep below the surface of the ocean in the South China Sea, a robot named “discovery” searched the seafloor for life. Faxian, meaning discovery in Chinese, is a remote-operated vehicle submersible ...

which are eaten by fish and other animals. “The juice you need to fuel these blooms is upwelling,” says Anderson, referring to the natural ocean process where deep, cold, nutrient-rich water ...

The marine mammal — an infrequent visitor to the shores of the Emerald Isle — was spotted in the Waterford Estuary on the morning of March 25, according to a news release from the Irish Whale and ...

Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet – where creatures glow and life survives under crushing ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A wind-driven "upwelling of deep ocean water provides nutrients that fuel ... continued outbreaks of the algae could keep killing the animals; in 2023, an uptick of domoic acid in California ...

The International Seabed Authority will convene in July to discuss this and other issues. Read more at straitstimes.com.