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Oceans

Only a few inches long, Sloan's viperfish is an apex predator in the twilight zone.

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 plastic-strewn sediment core was collected partway between Santa Barbara and the Channel Islands off the California coast.

More Than Half a Century of Microplastics Are Buried in Layers of Sediment, Like Synthetic Fossils

The teeny menaces turned up in a core taken from the floor of the Santa Barbara Basin.

Jessica Leigh Hester September 4, 2019

This is pretty much what it was like.

natural history museums

The 'Moby-Dick' Musical Is Swimming With Sea Shanties and Nurdle Ballads

We watched it with a whale anatomist to see if the cetacean science holds water.

Jessica Leigh Hester August 2, 2019

Where did all the big boys go?

The Strange Case of Mexico's Shrinking Jumbo Squid

Too many El Niños have diminished the "diablo rojo."

Sabrina Imbler July 24, 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

So many nurdles.

Texas's Gulf Coast Is Being Battered by 'Nurdle' Pollution

The tiny pellets used to make plastic products are washing up everywhere, posing a huge environmental threat.

Julissa Treviño July 18, 2019

Seaweed blankets a beach in Martinique.

Welcome to the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt, the Seaweed Superhighway

Researchers suspect that the smelly macroalgae will keep piling up on ocean shores.

Jessica Leigh Hester July 5, 2019

Mahurangi Sunsets.

Pohuehue, New Zealand

Mahurangi Harbour

A drowned river valley that was important to the Maori and European settlers.

Red <em>Noctiluca scintillans</em> leave neon trails along beaches near Taiwan’s Matsu Islands.

China’s Bioluminescent Blue Tears Are Beautiful and Associated With Toxic Blooms

And scientists are making new discoveries about them using satellite imagery.

Jonathan Carey June 14, 2019

Time has marbled the bottles to a shell-like sheen, and Christie's has sealed the tops with fresh red wax.

For Sale: 300-Year-Old 'Shipwreck Wine' Rescued From the Bottom of the Sea

It may still be safe to drink.

Reina Gattuso May 30, 2019

The water was found inside a sediment core from the Maldives archipelago.

Found: 20,000-Year-Old Seawater From the Ice Age

It was stored inside limestone beneath the seafloor.

Matthew Taub May 30, 2019

Bioluminescence from glowing plankton off Vaadhoo Island in the Maldives.

Vaadhoo, Maldives

Sea of Stars

Bioluminescence in the reefs of the Maldives causes the sea to glow like a starry night sky.

This <em>Aplidium stellatum</em> came ashore near Destin, Florida.

The Secret Life of 'Sea Pork,' The Organ-Like Blobs on Your Beach

Contains no actual pork.

Jessica Leigh Hester May 15, 2019

A tubeworm growing from under an outcrop, surrounded by other deep sea species.

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 CPR entangled in a plastic bag.

How a 90-Year-Old Quest for Plankton Uncovered Early Plastic Pollution

All praise to the tireless continuous plankton recorder.

Sabrina Imbler April 30, 2019

The lagoon at Heron Island, speckled with reef halos.

Scientists Come Closer to Solving the Mystery of Coral Reef Halos

These light blue rings can be seen from space.

Sabrina Imbler April 24, 2019

Subway cars set sail on a barge in "Weeks 297, 2008."

Photographing the New York City Subway Cars That Retired as Artificial Reefs

How Stephen Mallon captured this unusual voyage to the bottom of the ocean.

Winnie Lee March 29, 2019

In Svalbard, Norway, a Triassic channel still extends from an outcrop.

Found: The Largest River Delta the Earth Has Ever Seen

Everything is bigger in Pangaea.

Jonathan Carey March 28, 2019