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Study Reveals Rich Life in Japan’s Deep Trenches, Including a Mystery Animal

The imagery-led survey sets a non-destructive baseline for taxonomy, ecology, protection of trench life.

Oldest Chelicerate Fossil Dates to 500 Million Years Ago

37-Year Chesapeake Study Finds Cannibalism Drives Juvenile Blue Crab Deaths

ZSI Scientists Describe First India-Authored Diplura Species ‘Lepidocampa sikkimensis’

ROV Captures Rare Giant Phantom Jellyfish Off Argentina at 253 Meters

MBARI Releases Rare 4K Footage of Seven-Arm Octopus Feeding in Monterey Bay

Vampire Squid Genome Reveals Evolutionary Bridge Between Squids and Octopuses

Microscopic Flatworm Can Grow Two Heads and Flip Its Body Axis, Study Finds

New Deep-Sea Coral Iridogorgia chewbacca Formally Described in Western Pacific

Scientists Describe New Limpet at Record 6-Kilometer Depth

Cambrian Fossil Reveals Spider Brain Structure and Sea Origin for Arachnids

Grinding Tomography Reveals 40 New Squid Species in 100-Million-Year-Old Rock

Researchers Capture First Live Footage of Antarctic Squid in Deep Weddell Sea

Spanish Scientists Document Rare Functional Ninth Limb in Wild Octopus

Rare Carnivorous Caterpillar in Hawaii Officially Described as 'Bone Collector'

First Live Footage of Colossal Squid Captured in Deep Ocean

First Live Footage of Juvenile Giant Squid Captured in Deep Sea

Fossil Discovery Reveals Origins of Early Nervous Systems in Ecdysozoans

New Bioluminescent Sea Slug Discovered in Deep Ocean

Comb Jellies' Unique Ability to Fuse After Injury Discovered