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Podcast: Into the Twilight Zone With Susan Casey

Investigating the secrets hidden deep below the water's surface.
The Podcast Team October 24, 2023
Oarfish sport red spine-like fins on their head and a long dorsal fin running the length of their body, as well as two oar-like pelvic fins, giving them their name.
disasters

The Legend of Japan's 'Earthquake Fish'

The serpent-like oarfish has long been considered an omen of natural disaster. Scientists are shaking up that old superstition.
Roxanne Hoorn October 3, 2023
The basket star (<em>Gorgonocephalus eucnemis</em>), on display at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, is a deep sea species related to the sea stars seen in more shallow waters.
aquariums

How to Recreate the Deepest, Darkest Ocean

Revealing the unseen world under Monterey Bay.
Kevin McLean April 25, 2023
Tube worms crowd around the Matterhorn, a hydrothermal vent in the Gulf of California, photographed by ROV <em>SuBastian</em> during a recent expedition that included artist-at-sea Ale de la Puente.
science

A Deep Dive Into the Intersection of Art and Science With an Artist-at-Sea

Ale de la Puente collaborates with researchers to explore new ways of understanding our universe.
Gemma Tarlach December 3, 2021
Tharp working on an early map of the seafloor.
maps

The Woman Who Changed the Way We See the Seafloor

Marie Tharp's historic maps of underwater topography reimagined two-thirds of the Earth.
Suzanne OConnell July 30, 2020
Once the lights go on, colors emerge. Most of this bed of hard coral belongs to the genus <em>Leptoseris</em>, a group abundant in the deeper waters of Hawaiʻi, but observed here for the first time in the Coral Sea. The pink and reddish hues belong to photosynthetic algae pulling energy from the dim light.
coral reefs

Turning On the Lights in the Ocean's Twilight Zone

The surprising colors of Australia's Coral Sea Marine Park.
Luna Shyr July 7, 2020
Ivvet Modinou, the namesake of a newly discovered deep-sea worm, on an earlier trip in her role as a science communicator.
animals

What It’s Like to Be The Namesake of a Deep-Sea Worm

We asked Ivvet Modinou about the underwater creature that shares her name: P. modinouae.
Isaac Schultz June 22, 2020
Giant isopods descend on a reptilian banquet.
bones

The Curious Case of the Deep-Sea Bone Worms and the Vanishing Underwater Gator

Scientists dropped three alligators to the bottom of the ocean. One of them was never seen again.
Sabrina Imbler January 29, 2020
Video • Object of Intrigue

A Colossal Squid Is Hiding in New Zealand

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A crab crusted in parasites.
disasters

A Decade Later, the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Has Left an Abyssal Wasteland

A nightmare at 6,000 feet.
Sabrina Imbler September 18, 2019
Only a few inches long, Sloan's viperfish is an apex predator in the twilight zone.
oceans

The Ocean's Eerie Twilight Zone Is in Murky Legal Water

Scientists are trying to keep one of the world’s last great wildernesses intact.
Sabrina Imbler September 5, 2019
The scaly-foot snail was recently rebranded the "sea pangolin."
endangered animals

The Scaly-Foot Snail Is the First Deep-Sea Species Endangered by Mining

It’s a dubious honor.
Sabrina Imbler July 22, 2019
Jezero Crater is the chosen landing site of the Mars 2020 mission.
space exploration

To Make a Field Guide to Life on Mars, First Head to the Deep Sea

Some scientists believe this is how we'll know what to look for.
Sabrina Imbler June 12, 2019
One of the Virtual Archaeology Museum's wrecks, known as 15377, has a visitor.
shipwrecks

How to Explore a Shipwreck From the Comfort of Your Couch

Without the training, equipment, and utter terror.
Jonathan Carey May 16, 2019
A tubeworm growing from under an outcrop, surrounded by other deep sea species.
atlantic

Found: For the First Time, Deep Sea Tube Worms Near the U.S. East Coast

You never know what you'll find when you turn over a rock.
Jonathan Carey May 10, 2019
A "mirror pool" below a volcanic flange in the Gulf of California.
volcanoes

Found: Hot Pink ‘Pagodas’ at the Bottom of the Sea

A deep-sea expedition uncovers a candy-colored oasis off the Gulf of California.
Sabrina Imbler April 5, 2019
Giant isopods descend on a reptilian banquet.
science

Scientists Dropped Dead Gators to the Seafloor to See What Bites

It takes a lot to go from the bayou to the deep sea.
Sabrina Imbler March 28, 2019
A flurry of marine snow falls to the seafloor off the Gulf of Mexico.
cemeteries

Marine Snow Has Cooled the Planet With Dead Plankton for Millions of Years

The bodies of the tiny organisms lock away enormous amounts of carbon dioxide, and they’re in danger.
Sabrina Imbler March 15, 2019