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On the sea’s surface, a wealth of ocean life gets its start, study finds

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 22 Mar 2021

Scientists discover three glow-in-the-dark sharks

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 4 Mar 2021

2020’s top ocean news stories (commentary)

Callie Steffen, Emma Critchley, Douglas McCauley 21 Dec 2020

The crypto-creature from the deep: Researchers get rare video of bigfin squid

Malavika Vyawahare 11 Nov 2020

Can the planet support a clean energy transition?

Mike Gaworecki 30 Sep 2020

Sharks contaminated with plastic are ‘cause for concern’

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 11 Aug 2020

Sediment plumes from deep-sea mining could pollute vast swaths of the ocean, scientists say

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 20 Jul 2020

Deep-sea mining: An environmental solution or impending catastrophe?

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 16 Jun 2020

Locals stage latest fight against PNG mine dumping waste into sea

Ian Morse 22 May 2020

Indonesian miners eyeing EV nickel boom seek to dump waste into the sea

Ian Morse 18 May 2020

The ‘blue acceleration’: Study shows humans’ surging incursions into the sea

Grace Dungey 13 Feb 2020

2019’s top 10 ocean news stories (commentary)

Emma Critchley, Douglas McCauley 25 Dec 2019

Exploring the deep sea with biologist Diva Amon

Mike Gaworecki 16 Oct 2019

Into the abyss with deep sea biologist Diva Amon

Erik Hoffner 9 Sep 2019

Protecting the strange sea pangolin and other animals: Q&A with deep sea biologist Chong Chen

Shreya Dasgupta 7 Aug 2019

Newly described pocket shark likely glows in the dark

Mongabay.com 22 Jul 2019
Marine life in Papua New Guinea. Image by martinnemo via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

After the loss of a ship, deep sea mining plans for PNG founder

David Hutt 26 Dec 2018

The plastic crisis sinks to a new low in the deep sea

Bhanu Sridharan 28 Jun 2018

Scientists stumble upon hundreds of octopus moms in the deep sea

Mongabay.com 19 Apr 2018

Under the sea: Life is the bubbles in newly described deep-reef zone

Basten Gokkon 28 Mar 2018
A Gonatus squid eating another squid. Photo © MBARI

Videos unlock secrets of jellyfish as deep-sea killers

Mongabay.com 24 Dec 2017

‘Science needs to catch up’: Deep sea mining looms over unstudied ecosystems

Morgan Erickson-Davis 25 Aug 2017

Gabon pledges ‘massive’ protected network for oceans

Mongabay.com 6 Jun 2017

‘Casper’ the octopod threatened by deep-sea mining

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Dec 2016

Deep sea mining plans for Papua New Guinea raise alarm

David Hutt 18 Nov 2016

Sites targeted for deep-sea mining teeming with new species

Shreya Dasgupta 9 Aug 2016

Fiery end for the last of the toothfish pirates

Cory Rogers 6 Apr 2016

Scientists discover ‘friendly cartoon ghost’ octopod in deep ocean off Hawaii

Mongabay.com 5 Mar 2016

The world’s best mother: meet the octopus that guards its eggs for over four years

Jeremy Hance 30 Jul 2014

Wonderful Creatures: the tiny, predatory penis-worm that lies in wait in the sand

Ross Piper 28 Feb 2014

Wonderful Creatures: the bizarre-looking marine worm with an incredibly important ecological role

Ross Piper 13 Feb 2014

Animal Earth: exploring the hidden biodiversity of our planet

Owen Reynolds 3 Dec 2013

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