8 Marine Creatures that Light Up the Sea

How bioluminescence makes the ocean go round.

Sharks Began Roaming the Oceans 400 Million Years Ago as Deep-Sea Bottom-Dwellers

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This Adorable Bumpy Snailfish Is One of Three New Species Discovered in the Deep-Sea

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Fossils of Extinct Coelacanths Faced a Case of Mistaken Identity for Over a Century

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Ghost Sharks Grow Retractable Teeth Out of Their Forehead – Not to Eat, But to Mate

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New Species Identified On Antarctic Seafloor that was Once Covered By a Massive Ice Sheet

A small freshwater fish without color or eyes against a black background.

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The Evolution of this Eyeless Fish Helps us Pinpoint When Caves Started to Form

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Shark Teeth May Start to Decay as Ocean Water Becomes Increasingly Acidic

In the course of evolution, the pygmy seahorse has adapted its appearance almost perfectly to the coral on which it lives.

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Pygmy Seahorses Lost Their Long Snout, And It’s Kept Them Alive For 18 Million Years

Deep sea worm fights ‘poison with poison’ to survive high arsenic and sulfide levels

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This Worm’s Golden Color Is Toxic, But Is Necessary to Survive in the Deep Sea

shearwater seabird flying over the ocean

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Swooping and Pooping: These Seabirds Only Defecate in Mid-Air and it’s Helping the Ocean

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DNA Differences in Great White Sharks Have Instigated an Unsolved Mystery

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This Cholera-Related Bacterium Is Melting Sea Stars, Causing a Marine Epidemic

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8 Marine Creatures that Light Up the Sea

How bioluminescence makes the ocean go round.

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At Almost 500 Feet Below the Water, Experts Heard the Sounds of the Elusive Beaked Whale

Sharks Began Roaming the Oceans 400 Million Years Ago as Deep-Sea Bottom-Dwellers

This Adorable Bumpy Snailfish Is One of Three New Species Discovered in the Deep-Sea

Fossils of Extinct Coelacanths Faced a Case of Mistaken Identity for Over a Century

Ghost Sharks Grow Retractable Teeth Out of Their Forehead – Not to Eat, But to Mate

New Species Identified On Antarctic Seafloor that was Once Covered By a Massive Ice Sheet

The Evolution of this Eyeless Fish Helps us Pinpoint When Caves Started to Form

Shark Teeth May Start to Decay as Ocean Water Becomes Increasingly Acidic

Pygmy Seahorses Lost Their Long Snout, And It’s Kept Them Alive For 18 Million Years

This Worm’s Golden Color Is Toxic, But Is Necessary to Survive in the Deep Sea

Swooping and Pooping: These Seabirds Only Defecate in Mid-Air and it’s Helping the Ocean

DNA Differences in Great White Sharks Have Instigated an Unsolved Mystery

This Cholera-Related Bacterium Is Melting Sea Stars, Causing a Marine Epidemic

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