The U.S. military said Monday that it attacked three boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a ...

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In doing so, Paralvinella hessleri, a tiny deep-sea worm first discovered in 1989, transforms one of the deadliest substances ...

Almost a half-mile below Monterey Bay's surface, California scientists recorded rare footage of a seven-arm octopus eating a ...

Sharks have had a tough time since the 1970s, when overfishing, habitat loss and a growing trade in their fins began to cut ...

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Researchers at the Natural History Museum detected a 32% drop in deep-sea biodiversity following extensive observation after ...