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The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has just declared a mysterious creature in Indonesia to be the first marine fish species to become extinct due…
On June 19, OceanGate Expeditions announced that their submarine had suddenly disappeared at sea with 5 expedition members.
According to Chris Parry, a former Royal Navy officer, the submarine may have lost connection, but it is possible that an accident occurred while passing through the wre…
Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) are large predatory fish found in warm and temperate oceans around the world.
Wolffish have the appearance and face of animals from horror movies, but what few people expect is that they are extremely friendly to humans.
Scientists on a research ship near Antarctica discovered a new creature with 20 arms.
A cluster of mysterious black eggs was brought up by a deep-sea probe, containing the embryos of a strange creature never recorded by science.
Compared to crabs and shrimps, sea cucumbers are not as expensive seafood, however, the value it brings to medicine is unmatched by any other species.
Despite living in harsh environmental conditions such as the deepest ocean trench, these creatures still thrive.
Scientists took DNA from eight of the nine species of hammerhead sharks and used it to look at their relationships. The results stunned them.
When scientists discovered mysterious holes in the bottom of the Bering Sea between Russia and Alaska last summer, they were baffled. But now they think they have found…
A killer whale swallowed the liver and left the 8cm-long shark's carcass to sink to the bottom of the ocean off the coast of Mexico.
This is a strait that always suffers terrible storms that create big waves, plus icebergs, creating a nightmare for any sailor passing through.
Commercial whaling may not be the threat it once was, but that doesn't mean whales are safe from ships.
Professor John Woinarski said that despite their extremely important role in the environment, invertebrates have not received the same conservation attention as other sp…