Fluorescence in a crinoid in the Red Sea. This is one of the new species found to fluoresce. PLOS ONE 2024. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292476. The species include octopuses, sea snails ...

Researchers said they named the new species after the Nansei Islands near the Okinawa Trough where it was first discovered and, so far, the only area where it has been found. The Nansei Islands., also ...

NEW ZEALAND -- Scientists have taken the first ever photos of a glow-in-the-dark shark producing its own light. The kitefin shark, Dalatias licha, is the world's largest known bioluminescent ...

Rare metals on deep sea and ocean floors miles below the surface produce "dark oxygen," and mining these minerals could cause potentially harmful changes to the marine ecosystem, according to new ...

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