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The story of Atlantic hurricanes is treading a familiar — and frightening — path: Climate change is fueling huge, slow-moving, rain-drenching storms.

Scientists from Australia and Japan studying three trenches find ‘organisms have adapted strategies to filter things out of ...

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Oceanographic magazine reported this week on new research focused on a tiny crustacean called Corophium volutator. This ...

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The goal is to mimic the natural features of the shorelines — enough to attract some sea creatures to make the wall their new ...

The ocean is home to some of the most awe-inspiring creatures on Earth, many of which dwarf anything found on land. From massive whales to elusive deep-sea dwellers, these giants of the sea ...

The historian Procopius described how a creature called Porphyrios terrified sixth-century sailors for 50 years. But what was ...

Scientists are speeding up the naming of deep-sea species before they vanish, using new tools to uncover life from below the ...