Scientists ‘Stumped’ by Mysterious Holes in Seafloor That ‘Look Human Made’
The holes, neatly arranged in a line, were observed more than a mile under the ocean surface near the Azores.
A Pair of Orcas Is Brutally Killing Great White Sharks in South Africa
Two orcas named Port and Starboard have been killing great whites and tearing out their organs, scientists say, causing sharks to flee the area en masse.
Bizarre ‘Road to Atlantis’ Discovered In Unexplored Part of Pacific Ocean
“Are you kidding me? This is crazy,” said one scientist when the odd geological feature was discovered on a video stream.
Sea Life Is Colonizing Islands of Plastic Garbage In the Ocean, Scientists Say
Marine life such as flotsam crabs thriving on "rafts" of plastic waste could spread invasive species, scientists warn in a new report.
Scientists Identify Massive Ocean Worlds That May Host Alien Life
A new class of ‘Hycean’ planets may have just expanded the definition of habitability.
California’s Drought Is So Bad They’re Driving Salmon to the Ocean in Trucks
The rivers are extra dry this year.
90% of Sharks Were Mysteriously Wiped Out and Never Recovered, Scientists Find
"They made it through the asteroid impacts, they've made it through global warming, global cooling, and all sorts of things. And yet this event that we didn't know about wiped out 90 percent of them."
Filipino Scientist Goes 10,000 Meters Down the Ocean and Finds a Teddy Bear
The stuffed animal was far from his only surprising discovery in the third deepest point in the world.
Scientists Drilled the World’s Deepest Ocean Hole Off Japan’s Coast
The researchers want to better understand past earthquakes.
Watch the Wild, Never-Before-Seen Orgies of the Humble Shipworm
The mollusks give and receive sperm simultaneously, and pack tiny males into the pouches of much larger females.
Scientists Discover Coral Reef Taller Than the Empire State Building
The unexpected discovery is the tallest structure found in the Great Barrier Reef in 120 years.
Hong Kong’s Pink Dolphins Are Back, All Because of the Pandemic
Since coronavirus restrictions began, more pink dolphins have been spotted near Hong Kong and Macau.