Exploring the depths of the ocean reveals a fascinating array of life forms, showcasing the incredible adaptability of both prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms to high-pressure environments. Even in ...

But once dealing with oxygen issue, how do these species survive the toxic sulfide and heavy metal soup of vents and seeps. One way means of survival for these organisms is prevent sulfide from even ...

Guest post by Dr. Melissa Betters Are you afraid of the deep, dark ocean? If so, you’re not alone. Thalassophobia (fear of deep water) seems all too common these days from web articles titled “10 ...

I never thought that when I wrote this post over ten years ago, the story would go viral. In it I detail, how a Cretaceous coastline transformed into fertile “Black Belt” region of the American South, ...

“Tomopterids are pelagic polycheate (segmented worm) with paddle-like parapodia that propel them through the water column. They are relatively common in the deep mesopelagic, or twighlight zone, and ...

Earlier this year [2023], the [Norway] government suggested opening more than 280,000 square kilometers of the country’s territorial waters to deep-sea mining. The plan has the broad backing of the ...

At a recent NOAA workshop, another participant gifted all of us these wonderful "hard hat" float ornaments. The perfect blend of nerdy oceanography and 3-D printing. To explain what these are to the ...

The Deepwater Horizon disaster released approximately 4 million barrels of oil from the Macondo Wellhead over the course of 87 days in 2010. Thus, becoming the largest accidental marine oil spill in ...

Earlier this year I warned that The Ocean Cleanup would catch and kill floating marine life. This week they announced they're collecting plastic, and their picture shows HUNDREDS of floating animals ...

As failure continues to plague the Ocean Cleanup, the multi-million dollar venture still hasn't collected plastic. Was this all easily avoidable? Yes.

Some animals only have one opening, a mouth anus. This is list of those animals and their story.

Megalodon (Carcharocles megalodon) is the largest shark, at a magnificent maximum length of 18 meters (59 feet), to ever have dwelled in the oceans. We know primarily about Megalodon’s existence ...