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Discovered in the deep: the anglerfish with vampire-like sex lives
A deep trawl has brought up a potentially new species of a fish whose extreme mating methods include permanent physical fusion
Helen Scales
01, Feb, 2023 @6:00 AM
‘The closest humans come to being a fish’: how scuba is pushing new limits
Scientists have begun to explore the ocean’s ‘middle light’ – the mesophotic zone, a lesser-known part of our seas – with new rebreathers
Helen Scales
28, Dec, 2022 @7:00 AM
Discovered in the deep: the jaw-dropping gulper eel and its super-stretchy skin
It may have massive jaws, but the gulper eel’s ultra-black skin ensures it remains well hidden in the depths of the ocean
Helen Scales
23, Dec, 2022 @8:00 AM
Discovered in the deep: the viperfish with fangs too big for its mouth
The charismatic deepsea viperfish has teeth which interlock forming a razor-sharp, glassy cage to trap prey
Helen Scales
14, Dec, 2022 @6:00 AM
Discovered in the deep: the extraordinary sawshark with a weapon-like snout
With the help of fishers in Madagascar and Tanzania, scientists named two new species of rare sixgill sawsharks
Helen Scales
07, Dec, 2022 @6:00 AM
Discovered in the deep: is this the world’s longest animal?
A submersible off the coast of Western Australia chanced upon a 45-metre-long deep-sea siphonophore arranged in a feeding spiral, trailing its deadly tentacles
Helen Scales
30, Nov, 2022 @6:00 AM
Discovered in the deep: the squid that makes a decoy out of its own skin
Self-camouflage is just one of the tricks of Brenner’s bobtail squid, a newly found species that is also helping research into microbes in the human gut
Helen Scales
23, Nov, 2022 @6:00 AM
Glassy fangs and glowing fins: amazing deep sea animals found near Cocos Islands
Discovered in the deep: Scientists exploring the uncharted waters of the Indian Ocean uncover a multitude of dazzling sea creatures around a remote Australian island group
Helen Scales
14, Nov, 2022 @6:00 AM
Discovered in the deep: the sharks that glow in the dark
Measuring up to 1.8 metres, kitefin sharks are by far the biggest bioluminescent sharks to have been found
Helen Scales
09, Nov, 2022 @6:00 AM
Discovered in the deep: the ‘mermaid’s wineglass’ made up of one giant cell
With a name inspired by a Hans Christian Andersen fairytale, Acetabularia jalakanyakae is one of the largest-known single-celled organisms
Helen Scales
31, Oct, 2022 @6:00 AM
Discovered in the deep: the rainbow fish that’s born female and becomes male
Scientists in the Maldives were only able to reach the rose-veiled fairy wrasse by using specialised diving gear
Helen Scales
19, Oct, 2022 @5:00 AM
Discovered in the deep: the ‘forest of the weird’
More than a mile beneath the Pacific Ocean, is a seascape of oddly shaped corals and a glass sponge named after ET
Helen Scales
11, Oct, 2022 @5:00 AM
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