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A team of researchers reconstructed an ancient marine ecosystem – and discovered a previously unseen seventh layer in its ...

Deep-sea mining trials revealed significant but localized biodiversity loss in one of the planet’s least explored ecosystems.

An Australian fossil reveals the first lamniform shark, measuring 20 feet long and living 15 million years earlier than believed.

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Researchers retrieved reef monitoring devices that had been placed in deep coral reefs in Guam. The devices were placed up to 330 feet below the surface.

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