Deposited over millions of years, the whale necropolis is covered with deep-sea species, many of which are new to science.

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Scientists have unearthed communities of marine life — including jellyfish, tubeworms and brittle stars — thriving on a ...

The number of icebergs in the Arctic has increased sharply since the 2000s. This is due to the destabilization of large ...

The Trump administration will dismantle a $368 million monitoring system that provides critical data on the world’s oceans, ...

Learn how likely new Arctic deep-sea species could help researchers map fragile sponge gardens and hydrothermal vents before ...

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides ...

The $368 million network of instruments collecting data in both the Atlantic and Pacific has been critical to climate and ...

The Trump administration plans to scrap a $368-million investment in deep-sea ocean monitoring that is critical to monitoring ...