Imagine a one-celled organism the size of a mango. It's not science fiction, but fact: scientists have cataloged dozens of giant one-celled creatures, around 4 inches (10 centimeters), in the…
Samantha Joye of the University of Georgia has seen the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico and the view wasn't pretty. Speaking at the American Association for the Advancement of…
An expedition to the seamounts of the southern Indian Ocean has proven that the region is a biodiverse hotspot for squids. To date, the expedition has identified 70 species of…
Fish were not expected to be able to survive so deep, but scientists have captured footage of a new species of a scavenger-hunting snailfish swimming at an astounding 7,000 meters…
Kristian Teleki, Vice President for Science Initiatives for SeaWeb and former Director of the International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN), spoke with Laurel Neme on her "The WildLife" radio show…
One should be forgiven for thinking that the most under-explored ecosystem in the world is tropical rainforests or cave systems since new species are frequently uncovered in such places. But…
"President Obama called it 'the worst environmental disaster America has ever faced.' So I thought I should face it and head to the Gulf"—these are the opening words on the…
As I discovered in the course of researching my book, No Rain in the Amazon: How South America’s Climate Change Affects the Entire Planet (Palgrave, 2010), the oil industry has…
Para peneliti telah mendapatkan apa yang mereka percaya sebagai ukuran panjang pertama dari oarfish, spesies yang kemungkinan melatarbelakangi kisah-kisah legenda mengenai ular raksasa. Jauh di dalam teluk Meksiko, peneliti memotret…
Spesies yang dijuluki "ikan paling menderita di dunia" beresiko terancam punah akibat praktek penangkapan ikan yang buruk, menurut laporan The Daily Telegraph. Blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus), ikan mirip agar-agar yang hidup…
The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University has released its annual top 10 list of new species discovered last year. This time the list includes a two…
Why we get the oil spill we deserve. America, we deserve the oil spill now threatening the beautiful coast of Louisiana. This disaster is not natural, like the earthquake that…
Biologists worldwide may have to start re-evaluating their estimates of the number of species on Earth, since expeditions documenting the oceans' tiniest species have revealed shocking diversity: in the tens…
Scientists have captured what they believe to be the first footage ever of the oarfish, the species likely responsible for legends told of sea serpents. Deep in the gulf of…
A species dubbed "the world's most miserable-looking fish" is at risk of extinction due to poor fishing practices, reports The Daily Telegraph. The Blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus), a gelatinous fish that…
Researchers have long known that some marine animals, such as plankton, play big roles in the carbon cycle, but a new study shows that a long-ignored family of marine animals,…
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has released a list of ten species that are likely to be among the hardest hit by climate change, including beloved…
Researchers find startling array of life in the ocean's abyss. Deep, deep below the ocean's surface, in a world of ever-present darkness, one would expect few, if any, species would…
The discovery of Eastern Pacific black ghostshark Hydrolagus melanophasma is notable for a number of reasons. It is the first new species of cartilaginous fish—i.e fish whose skeletons are made…
The importance of a whale to the oceanic ecosystem does not end with its life. After dying, a whale's body sinks to the bottom of the ocean and becomes food…
Owned by Spain, but located just off the northwest coast of Africa, the Canary Islands sport a wide variety of marine life, including five species of marine turtles, ten species…
Activists with Greenpeace have begun placing massive granite rocks in Swedish waters to prevent fishing boats from bottom trawling in sensitive areas. The organization accuses the Swedish government of failing…
Climate change, ocean acidification may doom jumbo squid Climate change may stop jumbo squid invasion mongabay.com December 15, 2008
Photos: Hundreds of strange and unknown marine species discovered Hundreds of rare and bizarre marine species discovered Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com November 9, 2008 More discoveries from the Census of Marine…
Photos: Giant sea creatures discovered in Antarctica An eight week long survey of New Zealand's Antarctic waters has turned up giant creatures including jellyfish with 12-foot tentacles and 2-foot-wide starfish,…
Photos of bizarre species discovered in Antarctica Photos of bizarre creatures discovered in Antarctica mongabay.com February 19, 2008 The stalked structures looking like glass tulips are actually animals known as…
Demise of deep-sea species could lead to collapse of ocean ecosystems Demise of deep-sea species could lead to collapse of ocean ecosystems mongabay.com December 27, 2007 Declining populations of deep-sea…