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Eels cross the entire Atlantic for a mysterious rendezvous
Every year, millions of European eels leave the rivers, lakes, and estuaries of the continent to begin one of the most extraordinary
More than 80% of the ocean floor remains unexplored today
You might think that in the age of satellites and high definition, the entire planet has already given up all its geographic
There are more mountains under the ocean than on all continents combined
When people think of the planet's greatest mountain ranges, the Himalayas, the Andes, or the Rockies immediately come to mind. Yet the
Ocean plankton makes about half the oxygen you breathe
Every breath you take right now may owe its existence to organisms so small that no human eye could ever pick them
28 unknown species discovered in Argentina's unexplored deep sea
Off the coast of Argentina, in areas of the continental shelf and ocean slope that had never before been directly explored by
Every Coral Hosts Microbes With Unsuspected Medical Potential
Did you know that every coral species harbors its own communities of specialized microbes, most of which have never before been studied
A Never-Before-Seen Sparkling Worm Discovered off California
Did you know that American researchers have recently identified, off the coast of California, a brand-new species of marine worm never before
A Strange Carnivorous Sponge Discovered in the Frozen Southern Ocean
Did you know that researchers have just identified nearly thirty new species in the frigid waters of the Southern Ocean surrounding the
The Mariana Trench Is So Deep the Everest Would Vanish Inside It
Did you know that the deepest known point in the world's oceans lies in the Mariana Trench, in the western Pacific Ocean?