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Marine Ecosystems

Illustration of the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt stretching from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico.

“Ocean Is Choking To Death”: This 37.5 Million-Ton Monster Algae Mass That’s Poisoning Everything From Africa To America

Illustration of a Giant Pacific Octopus Named Ghost Caring for Her Unfertilized Eggs at the Aquarium.

“She’s Dying For Her Babies”: California Octopus Refuses To Eat While Protecting Eggs That Will Never Hatch

Illustration of Hector’s Dolphins Performing Underwater Acrobatics.

“They’re All Going To Die”: These Tiny Dolphins Performing Death Defying Stunts That Scientists Never Expected

Illustration of the elusive Facetotecta crustacean in its larval stage, highlighting its translucent body and hooked appendages.

“Alien Parasites Control Ocean Brains”: Mind-Hijacking Creatures Terrify Scientists While Marine Invasion Spreads

Illustration of industrial waste barrels submerged in the ocean off the coast of Los Angeles.

“What the Hell, 27,000 Barrels of Toxic Waste”: Scientists Discover Alkaline Chemical Bombs Creating Dead Zones Off Los Angeles Coast

Illustration of Neptune Grass filtering plastic fragments in the ocean.

“900 Million Fragments Per Year”: Neptune Grass Naturally Filters Massive Ocean Plastic While Forming Dense Mediterranean Underwater Meadows

Illustration of an underwater volcano revealing giant Pacific white skate eggs.

“18 to 20 Inch Giant Eggs”: Scientists Discover Thousands of Pacific White Skate Nurseries Inside Active Underwater Volcano

Illustration of mysterious black egg capsules discovered at 20,300 feet in the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench.

“We Thought They Were Fish Eggs”: Scientists Find Living Flatworm Embryos at 20,300 Feet Beneath Pacific Ocean

Illustration of reef-building corals using chloride ions to perceive light.

Scientists Discover Corals Use Chloride Ions Instead of Amino Acids Creating Revolutionary Light Perception Mechanism

Illustration of a Vibrio pectenicida bacterium affecting sea star populations along the Pacific coast.

Scientists Finally Expose the Deadly Bacteria That Destroyed Billions of Sea Stars and Collapsed Pacific Ecosystems

Illustration of Paralvinella hessleri worms thriving in the extreme environment of hydrothermal vents.

“These Worms Eat Pure Arsenic”: Scientists Discover Bright Yellow Creatures That Survive In Toxic Hydrothermal Vents By Converting Deadly Poison Into Harmless Yellow Crystals

Illustration of the barreleye fish with its transparent head and tubular eyes in the deep sea environment.

“What The Hell Is That Thing”: Scientists Discover Fish With Completely Transparent Head That Can Rotate Its Eyes Inside Clear Skull While Swimming In Pacific Depths

Illustration of the impact of Vibrio pectenicida on sea star populations along the Pacific coast.

“Billions Of Sea Stars Are Disintegrating”: Scientists Finally Identify Killer Bacteria That Triggered Marine Apocalypse And Destroyed Pacific Kelp Forests Forever

Illustration of ocean heatwaves affecting marine ecosystems across the globe.

“96% Of World’s Oceans Are Burning”: Record Marine Heatwaves Lasted 525 Days While Triggering Mass Coral Death And Fishery Collapse Worth Billions

Illustration of a thriving marine ecosystem around a whale carcass in the deep ocean.

“Dead Whales Create Underwater Cities That Last 100 Years”: Scientists Discover How 160,000-Pound Carcasses Transform Into Deep-Sea Ecosystems

Illustration of rare underwater volcano-like structures crafted by elusive volcano worms off the coast of North Wales.

“It’s Like An Alien Planet Down There”: Scientists Discover Massive Underground Cities Built By 12-Inch Worms Off Wales Coast

Illustration of Antarctic icefish nesting beneath the Filchner Ice Shelf.

Antarctic Researchers Uncover Massive 92-Square-Mile Icefish Colony Beneath Filchner Ice Shelf That Houses 60 Million Nests In Earth’s Most Extreme Environment

Illustration of the Axial Seamount, an underwater volcano off the Oregon coast, showing signs of imminent eruption.

“Over 2,000 Earthquakes In One Day”: Oregon’s Underwater Volcano Shows Explosive Warning Signs As Scientists Predict Imminent Eruption Before Year End

Illustration of an active underwater volcano off Vancouver Island nurturing a vast nursery of giant eggs.

“Scientists Found Million Eggs on Volcano”: Active Underwater Mountain Near Vancouver Hosts Massive White Skate Ray Nursery 3,600 Feet Deep

Illustration of the elusive oarfish recently found along the coasts of Tasmania and New Zealand.

“Fish of the Apocalypse Washing Ashore”: Three Giant 26-Foot Oarfish Found Dead in Tasmania and New Zealand Within Days