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Scientists Name 24 New Deep-Sea Amphipods From Pacific CCZ, Including a New Superfamily

The formal descriptions give seabed regulators baseline data to judge activity in the little-known Clarion‑Clipperton Zone.

First-Ever Shark Video From Antarctic Waters Captured at 490 Meters

First Blue Whale Photographed Inside Patagonia Azul Park in Chubut

ZSI Identifies Two New Nereidid Worm Species on West Bengal Coast

Juvenile Leatherback Turtle Found Dead on Southern Peru Beach

Chilika Lake Dolphin Census Underway Using 18 Teams and GPS Boats

UN High Seas Treaty Takes Effect, Setting First Binding Rules for Biodiversity Beyond National Waters

UN High‑Seas Treaty Takes Effect, Moving From Diplomacy to Implementation

Mexico Issues National Ocean Policy for Sustainable Seas and Coasts

9th Copernicus Ocean Report Finds Every Sea Region Now in a Triple Crisis

UN High-Seas Treaty Clears 60 Ratifications, Set to Take Effect January 17, 2026

Study Documents First Beaked Whale Acoustic Signatures in Brazilian Waters

Study Confirms First Orange Nurse Shark on Record in Costa Rica

First Documented Orange Nurse Shark Confirmed off Costa Rica

Study Finds Most Whale Sharks in Indonesia’s Bird’s Head Seascape Bear Human-Caused Scars

Long-Lost Sailback Houndshark Rediscovered in Papua New Guinea After 50 Years

India Aquanauts Log 5,000-Metre Dives as Deep Ocean Mission Accelerates

Vivid Orange Nurse Shark Off Costa Rica Identified as First Case of Xanthism in Caribbean Cartilaginous Fish

Record Loggerhead Turtle Nesting Surges Along Italian Coast

Deepest Chemosynthetic Communities Found in Kuril-Kamchatka and Aleut Trenches