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Exploring an island surrounded by deadly currents

In remote West Papua, we set out to explore an island locals have feared for generations — a place where violent currents ...
Sharks are ancient creatures—even older than land dinosaurs —and they’ve evolved to swim in almost all the world’s ocean waters. Still, many scientists suspected that the animals didn’t live in ...
The investigative minds at How to Survive use deep-sea science to see if a human could escape the giant suction cups and sharp beak of a massive ocean creature.
Deep in the heart of the Sahara, scientists have uncovered Spinosaurus mirabilis — a spectacular new predator crowned with a ...
Q. Someone told me that the body and arms of calamari, like you eat in a restaurant, can be more than 40 feet long. I’m not sure I believe my ...
Giant squids can be over 40 feet long, but Humboldt squids are even more fascinating. Learn how these deep-sea creatures ...
A deep-sea camera captured the first-ever shark recorded in Antarctic waters — a 10- to 13-foot sleeper shark swimming 1,608 feet below the surface.
In a discovery that has surprised marine scientists, researchers have recorded what is believed to be the first-ever sighting ...
A deep-sea camera has captured rare footage of a large sleeper shark in Antarctic waters, challenging long-held assumptions ...
For the first time, scientists filmed a massive shark cruising through near freezing Antarctic waters, where sharks were thought absent. What else could be hiding in the ocean’s coldest depths?