Researchers are not even halfway through analyzing the thousands of samples collected from the Southern Ocean, but they've ...

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The box jellyfish is the most dangerous jellyfish in the world. Learn where it's found, why its venom is so deadly, and how ...

Out of more than 35,000 species of fish, the great white shark often tops the list of the ocean’s most feared predators. But size isn’t everything—some of the deadliest fish in the world are small ...

Marine animals living in the cold, dark depths of the ocean are interconnected across the world by a hidden “superhighway”, a groundbreaking new study suggests. The research, published in the journal ...