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Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and ...
Some shark species reside in the deepest, darkest, coldest regions of Earth’s oceans, rarely seen by humans. With ...
Frilled sharks are usually found in the deep ocean, but this one popped up in waters off Japan in 2007. | Getty Images/GettyImages Whether or not they deserve their notorious reputation, sharks ...
Scientists have spotted a deep-sea “ghost” white shark with a rare genetic disorder, shedding light on how such abnormalities affect endangered marine species living near the sea floor. They ...
While many shark species inhabit the ocean’s upper waters, some prefer its colder depths, with a few species growing to massive sizes. In this video, we shed light on the five largest deep-sea ...
Many of the saw sharks that have been discovered so far live relatively far down in the ocean – as deep as 300m (1,000ft) – but the species off Zanzibar was caught less than 30m (100ft) from ...
Scientists found a new species called the spiky-nosed spookfish, a type of ghost shark, in the deep waters of the Pacific Ocean surrounding Australia and New Zealand, the National Institute of ...
National Shark biologists stumble into a deep-sea murder mystery. Porbeagle sharks aren’t known to have predators, but a new study says it recorded the first instance of the species being preyed ...
Scientists have spotted a deep-sea “ghost” white shark with a rare genetic disorder, shedding light on how such abnormalities affect endangered marine species living near the sea floor.