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This is the first confirmed live observation of the colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, in its natural habitat. The team on Schmidt Ocean Institute's Research Vessel Falkor (too) captured footage of the 30-centimeter-long squid (nearly one foot) at a depth of 600 meters (1968 feet) using their remotely operated vehicle SuBastian on March 9 during an Ocean Census flagship expedition searching for new marine life. The expedition took place in the remote South Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. This year (2025) is the 100-year anniversary of the identification of the colossal squid, which are estimated to grow up to seven meters (23 feet) in length.
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Video ‘I started hyperventilating’: Watch first footage of giant sea creature 0:50
When the drug clobazam accumulates in Atlantic salmon's brains, migrating juvenile fish reach the ocean sooner, a new study found. A juvenile salmon is shown in May 2019.
Jörgen Wiklund
Salmon migration affected by drug pollution in water from antianxiety medication
A slightly different blending of the baselayer and glowlayer where the saturation of the baselayer has been turned down to accentuate the contrast between the non-glowing and glowing neurons.
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Scientists reveal advance in brain research once thought impossible
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Steven Miller
A mysterious ocean glow reported for over 400 years has stumped scientists. A new study could offer clues
Screengrab taken from a video showing a hippo near the bank of the Ishasha River in eastern Congo's Virunga National Park.
Virunga National Park/Reuters
Anthrax kills 50 hippos in DRC’s Virunga National Park
Picture of Colossal’s Dire Wolves; Romulus and Remus at age three months. Born 10/1/2024
Colossal Biosciences
Scientists say they have resurrected the dire wolf
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Steven Businger
Video No two people see the same exact rainbow. Here’s why 2:08
HAAD SAI KHAO, TRAT PROVINCE, THAILAND - 2017/12/28: Spraying foam of a wave breaking at a rock at White Sand Beach on Koh Chang. (Photo by Frank Bienewald/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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Scientists redid an experiment that showed how life on Earth could have started. They found a new possibility
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Paul Caiger
They are known as silent killers. Now, unprecedented recordings reveal first known shark sounds
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Robert Weiss
Video ‘I never went outside’: Meet a Cold War-era doctor assigned to live under the ice 1:32
The red imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta. Queensland, Australia.
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Spread of Australia’s red fire ant population has sent 23 people to hospital
MAEG5W Fijian crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) on Viti Levu Island, Fiji. It is critically endangered species of iguana found on some Fijian islands.
Don Mammoser/Alamy Stock Photo/FILE
Iguanas floated 5,000 miles from North America to Fiji on vegetation rafts, new study finds
A black-and-white blob fish seen resting on the soft sediment in Middleton Canyon during Dive 15 of the Seascape Alaska 5 expedition.
NOAA Ocean Exploration
Blobfish overcomes notoriety as ‘world’s ugliest animal’ to win New Zealand’s ‘fish of the year’
2RFRBD1 Gustav Klimt, Tree of Life (Stoclet House Frieze),Triptych, abstract painting in mixed media, 1910-1911
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Trees in art, as well as life, often follow simple mathematical rules, study finds
This previously unknown species of sea star thrives in the extreme conditions of the<br />Jøtul Hydrothermal Vent Field in the Arctic.
Martin Hartley/The Nippon Foundation-Nekton Ocean Census
Ambitious effort to document marine life reveals 866 new species and counting
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Narwhals may be using their tusks to play, new study finds