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Marine scientists that had set out on an expedition to explore seepage of methane gas along the eastern coastline as well as looking for their mooring from previous visits to the area were surprised when they caught of sight something they
BEFORE you press play on that video (we’re sure some of you just went for it anyway) put down whatever it is you’re eating. This is a ribbon worm called a Gorgonorhynchus. When it senses nearby prey it launches what looks like a root out of
That nightmarish thing in the photo above isn’t a screen-used graboid prop from Tremors. Nope. That’s an actual creature that lives in our oceans…you know…that giant mass of water that you swim in when you vacation? Caught off the coast of
Robots. We just can’t stop building them even though countless movies tell us where it’s all headed. Not only can we not stop trying to emulate ourselves mechanically, a small portion of the robotics community can’t stop trying to emulate c
Giant squids are legendary. They’ve taken on Moby Dick, Captain Nemo’s Nautilus and even a bunch of Goonies. While giant squids have been captured in the past and alleged parts of them have surfaced here and there…seeing one in the wild has
Christmas has come and gone. Statuses everywhere are lit up with the swag given by friends and family. Someone’s aunt got them this. Someone’s brother got them that. Big flippin’ deal. Why? Because a group of scientists have been given gift
There are a lot of animals that mimic human vocalization. But when an animal you’d never expect to develop mimicry suddenly begins doing it? It’s a little disturbing. Imagine if your dog suddenly quit barking and just started asking for his
[ UPDATE: Giant Eye Mystery Solved! ] Florida always seems like it’s sitting on some kind of undiscovered Hell-Mouth. Between Bath-Salt Zombies, giant snakes slithering through your lawn, Night Creepers and lizards eating humans there’s jus
Paul Clerkin, a shark ecology graduate student at California’s Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, has been spending the last couple of months on a deep-sea trawling vessel in the Indian Ocean to see if the ship’s nets might pull up anything
You can all rest easy now. NOAA, a government body that apparently has a lot of time on their hands, have recently laid to rest the idea that mermaids might actually exist. According to NOAA? They don’t. Thanks, NOAA…you’ve single-handedly
New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research recently led an exploration of the Kermadec Ridge. Reaching depths of up to 4,100 feet and spanning 3,800 square miles that included everything from continental slopes and c
While it sounds like the last half of a Harry Potter book title, the Fire Urchin isn’t quite as fun. Fire Urchins, which are found off the coast of Maui, Hawaii, get their name not from their typically blazing colorations but from the fanta
Single cell microbes in the most remote portions of the ocean floor dating back to days when dinosaurs roamed the Earth are indeed alive. But not by much. Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaarely alive. Which is a scientific term. Each “a” signifying how much
Shipwreck hunters have located an unusual object at the bottom of the Baltic Sea and will be heading out in May to find out what it really is. Sonar readings show that the mysterious object is about 60 meters across, or, about the size of a
Located off the eastern coast of Australia, the clusterwink snail (Hinea brasiliana) uses a luminescent shell-flashing defense when its shell is tapped or when it detects predators nearby. Scientists think that this could either be a techni
According to our most recent studies, fears that we are the last generation to see coral reef due to the rising acidification of our waters is unfounded. This has been a fear raised by climate change studies which suggest CO2 concentration
The last time we saw census results this weird, Betty White was talking about swapping out calculator batteries to power a crotch massager. Marine scientists have announced the 80% completion of a comprehensive ocean census and the results
Could it be Atlantis? Lost’s mystery island in the sideways universe? Either way, there are some sunken islands at the bottom of the Caribbean Ocean. During their six weeks in the waters north of Venezuela and west of the Antilles, the expe
Did you wake up today thinking that ocean wasn’t a festering tub of death, disease and decay? Welcome… to Germ Island! When plants and animals near the surface of the ocean die, they decay and gradually fall to the seafloor. This dead matte
See nature? This is what happens when you leave your oil laying around the ocean floor of 35,000 years! California scientists found two massive asphalt domes on the sea floor, most likely the result of oil deposits made thousands of years a
A remote controlled vehicle has discovered the deepest hydrothermal underwater vent on record 3.1 miles deep in the Cayman Trough in the Caribbean. Entitled “black smokers” the vents pump a black, iron sulfide compound into the ocean. The c