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Discovering Clavelina ossipandae: The Tiny Sea Creature Resembling Panda Skeletons

Scientists and divers discovered Clavelina ossipandae, a new tiny sea creature resembling a swimming panda bear skeleton in Japan.

Discovering Clavelina ossipandae: The Tiny Sea Creature Resembling Panda Skeletons

Scientists and divers discovered Clavelina ossipandae, a new tiny sea creature resembling a swimming panda bear skeleton in Japan.

Ocean’s Most Mismatched Lovers Reveal Nature’s Strangest Survival Strategy

Ocean’s Most Mismatched Lovers Reveal Nature’s Strangest Survival Strategy

In the open ocean, one octopus species lives a life more dramatic than fiction. The female blanket octopus reaches six feet long and floats like a living cape. Her mate?

Ocean’s Most Mismatched Lovers Reveal Nature’s Strangest Survival Strategy

In the open ocean, one octopus species lives a life more dramatic than fiction. The female blanket octopus reaches six feet long and floats like a living cape. Her mate?

Drone Video Shows Speed Boat Smashing Into Great White Shark in Southern California Waters

Drone Video Shows Speed Boat Smashing Into Great White Shark in Southern California Waters

A peaceful moment beneath the waves turned violent in an instant. A great white shark swimming just off the California coast was struck by a speeding boat—and the aftermath was caught...

Drone Video Shows Speed Boat Smashing Into Great White Shark in Southern California Waters

A peaceful moment beneath the waves turned violent in an instant. A great white shark swimming just off the California coast was struck by a speeding boat—and the aftermath was caught...

Lawmakers Push Plan That Could Drive Dolphins to Extinction

Lawmakers Push Plan That Could Drive Dolphins to Extinction

They survived harpoons and centuries of slaughter—but they may not survive Congress. A new bill threatens to gut the law that’s kept whales, dolphins, and sea otters alive for 50...

Lawmakers Push Plan That Could Drive Dolphins to Extinction

They survived harpoons and centuries of slaughter—but they may not survive Congress. A new bill threatens to gut the law that’s kept whales, dolphins, and sea otters alive for 50...

Tiny Electric Pulses Turn Jellyfish into Relentless Ocean Explorers

Tiny Electric Pulses Turn Jellyfish into Relentless Ocean Explorers

Jellyfish with built-in circuit “hats” are now sprinting 4.5 × faster than nature ever intended—on just a few pennies of power. Each $20 biohybrid logs temperature, salinity, and pressure while...

Tiny Electric Pulses Turn Jellyfish into Relentless Ocean Explorers

Jellyfish with built-in circuit “hats” are now sprinting 4.5 × faster than nature ever intended—on just a few pennies of power. Each $20 biohybrid logs temperature, salinity, and pressure while...

This Hidden Arctic Waterfall Dwarfs Every Other Cascade on Earth

This Hidden Arctic Waterfall Dwarfs Every Other Cascade on Earth

Niagara and Angel Falls look tiny next to the Denmark Strait cataract, a mind-bending waterfall buried between Iceland and Greenland. Picture 2,000 Niagara Falls pouring through one colossal chute —...

This Hidden Arctic Waterfall Dwarfs Every Other Cascade on Earth

Niagara and Angel Falls look tiny next to the Denmark Strait cataract, a mind-bending waterfall buried between Iceland and Greenland. Picture 2,000 Niagara Falls pouring through one colossal chute —...