Deep Sea

Photo: The Ghost Shark Existed Before Dinosaurs. We Just Found One.

The Ghost Shark Existed Before Dinosaurs. We Just Found One.

Photo: Inky the Octopus: The Great Escape That Stunned Science

Inky the Octopus: The Great Escape That Stunned Science

Photo: Banana Peel Bioplastic Dissolves in 47 Days

Banana Peel Bioplastic Dissolves in 47 Days

Photo: The Humpback Whale Who Said Thank You to Her Rescuers

The Humpback Whale Who Said Thank You to Her Rescuers

Photo: The Diving Duck That Vanishes Six Meters Underwater

The Diving Duck That Vanishes Six Meters Underwater

A small group of expedition tourists walking carefully across Antarctic ice near a penguin colony

Why Antarctica Only Lets 100 People Ashore at Once

A beluga whale swimming close to a human diver in cold arctic-blue water

A Beluga Whale Saved a Drowning Diver — On Purpose

Vivid crimson strawberry squid with glowing photophore spots in deep ocean darkness

The Strawberry Squid That Lights Up the Deep Ocean

Humpback whale balancing a ribbon of kelp on its broad flat rostrum in the ocean

Whales Are Using Kelp as a Spa Tool and It’s Deliberate

Adélie penguin standing at Antarctic ice edge hesitating before icy water below

Why Penguins Wait at the Ice Edge Before Diving In

Massive blue whale swimming through deep Pacific ocean in dramatic low light

Blue Whales Are Going Silent — and the Ocean Is Listening

Weathered children's book open on a Parisian bouquiniste stall beside the Seine river

She Paid One Franc for a Book. It Was Her Own.