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More than 1,100 new marine neighbors The Ocean Census, a global biodiversity initiative funded by the Nippon Foundation, ...

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For the first time, researchers have filmed the elusive goblin shark alive in the deep ocean where it naturally lives. The ...

The enormous deep-sea cousins of your garden’s pill bugs can go five years without food. A gene they pilfered from bacteria ...

There is high global demand for critical metals, and many countries want to try extracting these sought-after metals from the seabed. An international study, which has discovered large numbers of new ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Far below the ocean's surface, where sunlight can't reach, some of the most unusual creatures on Earth thrive in complete darkness ...

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