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Portrait of 'food transporter' for the ocean floor
Oceanography

Portrait of 'food transporter' for the ocean floor

This strange creature named Larvaceans lives a few hundred meters from the water. By absorbing and processing all the oceanic floating nutrients, Larvaceans helped maint…

December 17, 2018
The most diverse worm species on the ocean floor
Oceanography

The most diverse worm species on the ocean floor

With over 10,000 different species on the ocean floor, many silk worms become champions of species diversity. This strange creature has survived the greatest extinction…

December 17, 2018
Scary 'sparks' in the ocean
Oceanography

Scary 'sparks' in the ocean

Fire urchins, also known as red porcupines, have the scientific name Fire Sea urchin, they are the ones

December 17, 2018
Discovered four new carnivorous sponges
Oceanography

Discovered four new carnivorous sponges

The carnivorous sponges often live and grow in the deep sea floor. For the first time, scientists discovered some carnivorous sponges about 20 years ago.

December 17, 2018
Decode the sea monsters 'alien'
Oceanography

Decode the sea monsters 'alien'

British scientists have discovered many new images of creatures from remote areas of the ocean, including some of the first known humans.

December 17, 2018
Where life begins on earth
Oceanography

Where life begins on earth

Hydrothermal vents and the first chemical reactions on the ocean floor are the cause of the first life on Earth.

December 17, 2018
Sardines can produce silk like silkworms
Oceanography

Sardines can produce silk like silkworms

The non-jaw, invertebrate rocky grouper, which looks like giant worms, is a primitive species that lives on the ocean floor, present on the planet 500 million years ago.

December 17, 2018
Strange creatures on the ocean floor
Oceanography

Strange creatures on the ocean floor

A sea mouse (also called a deep sea) has been hit by a storm on the Kent coast (England). Usually, this species is found at depths of more than 2,000m.

December 17, 2018