Thousands of pearl octopuses were discovered in 2018 lining thermal vents near a deep-sea volcano. Researchers now know why octopus moms gather there.
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Open ocean sharks are globally threatened with extinction. Knowing where they are helps us protect them. Here, new research into silky sharks reveals priorities for conservation.
Sonar scans of the Indian Ocean floor south of Christmas Island have revealed a Tolkeinesque landscape of towering peaks, ashen uplands and ominous volcanic craters.
Ophiojura, discovered living on a seamount deep in the Pacific Ocean, is the last known survivor of a unique group of animals that diverged from its closest relatives way back in the Jurassic period.
Born on July 30, 1920, geologist and cartographer Tharp changed scientific thinking about what lay at the bottom of the ocean – not a featureless flat, but rugged and varied terrain.
Unless we know what is in the ocean, we can’t protect the biggest part of the planet.
Companies are developing technologies to mine the deep sea, but environmental regulations have yet to be finalized.
In the cold southern oceans, underwater mountains support deep-sea reefs.
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Senior Curator of Marine Invertebrates, Museums Victoria Research Institute
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Harold T. Stearns Professor of Earth Science, Wesleyan University
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Professor, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria
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Researcher, CSIRO
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Professor, Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University
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Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford
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Wen Family Chair in Conservation, The University of Western Australia
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PhD candidate, The University of Western Australia
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Marine Ecologist, MBARI, San José State University
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Honorary Fellow, CSIRO
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Assistant Professor of Invertebrate Ecology at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, San José State University
