It’s easy to forget that beneath the sunlit waves, just past where the ocean’s blue turns to jet-black, lies a world teeming ...

It may be the biggest invertebrate on the planet, but we don’t know much about it. The first time scientists learned of the ...

Imagine descending into the ocean’s deep, dark twilight zone, a realm straight out of science fiction. Here, in a place where ...

MIT oceanographers discovered big fish like tuna and swordfish get a large fraction of their food from the ocean’s twilight zone — a cold, dark layer about half a mile below the surface.

Imagine plunging into a world where sunlight barely penetrates, and the darkness is suddenly broken by mysterious flashes of ...

Octopuses are benthic or mesopelagic organisms that typically avoid open-water interactions with pelagic apex predators. Conversely, mako sharks, known for their streamlined morphology and ...

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Scientists believe that 8.7 million species of animals in the world have so far been classified. And, despite their best efforts, it’s estimated that there are still 5 million species to be described.