A rare purple sea snail (Janthina) washes ashore in San Deigo. Scientists reveal its floating bubble-raft lifestyle, striking violet colour and how ocean currents unexpectedly carried it to the beach.

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Giant amphipod species Alicella gigantea, once thought to be very rare, is found to inhabit the majority of Earth's deep ...

Dynamic mounds made of methane at a depth of some 3,640 meters act like “frozen reefs” for a bizarre array of deep-sea ...

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LONDON — King Charles III used his annual Christmas message to make a plea for “compassion and reconciliation,” saying that ...

The world is a pretty fascinating place. But there are so many things happening all at once that you’d be forgiven for ...