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“It’s Real”: Scientists Have Successfully Solved the Mystery of the Ocean’s Most Feared Creature, “The Kraken”

For centuries, the Kraken haunted the edges of maritime maps — a monstrous sea creature said to rise from the depths and drag ...
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Why some species in the deep sea get bigger, while some species get smaller

We turn now to the ocean with NPR's Short Wave podcast. This story plays out in the midnight zone, which is 1,000 to 4,000 meters below the surface... (SOUNDBITE OF SUBMARINE MOVING) MA: ...Even ...

8 Bizarre (and Terrifying) Deep-Sea Creatures

The gulper eel ( Saccopharynx lavenbergi), also called a pelican eel, is roughly a meter of tail and mouth. This unusual fish, the only species in the genus Eurypharynx, slinks through the water as ...

Deep-sea mining poses further threat to 30 shark, ray and chimaera species

The habitat of 30 species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras, also called ghost sharks, overlap with areas where proposed ...
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Giant Isopods Look Like Pill Bugs on Steroids

In the shadowy depths of the ocean, giant isopods oversized relatives of pill bugs scavenge the seafloor with their armored bodies and 14 legs. These deep-sea crustaceans, reaching up to 2.5 feet in ...
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Researchers stunned after deep-sea camera captures footage of 'adorable' new species: 'A lovely little smile on their face'

Wildlife from the ocean's deepest trenches has a bit of a reputation on land, either due to their inherently alarming appearances or historic associations with bad tidings. However, The New York Times ...
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The giants lurking in the deep sea

The bathypelagic zone of the ocean is 1,000 to 4,000 meters below the surface. Sometimes it's called the midnight zone because it's too deep for... The giants lurking in the deep sea The bathypelagic ...