Inside the Quest to Discover Super-Corals at the Bottom of the Sea
In the inky depths of the Gulf of Mexico, pearly white corals crisscross the seafloor, their translucent tentacles…
Observations from Mariana Trench Show Inner Earth Is Sucking Up Far More Water Than Previously Thought
The Earth around the Mariana Trench, which contains the deepest point on the planet, could be slurping up at least 4.3…
Watch 40 Years of Icebergs Breaking off Antarctica
Iceberg mania briefly overtook the internet last month when NASA captured a rectangular freakberg. But icebergs are…
Whales Can Now Be Tracked From Space
Whales are big-ass animals. They’re so big, in fact, that satellite technology is now good enough to spot them from…
Human Carbon Emissions Are Dissolving the Ocean Floor
It seems humanity isn’t just content to screw up the surface of the planet. We’re gonna do the deep ocean, too.
Scientists Have Just Named 17 New Sea Slug Species, and They’re All Fabulous
Nudibranchs, colloquially known as sea slugs, are some of the more eye-popping critters to grace the world’s oceans.…
That Adorable Baby Octopus Is Actually a Pea-Sized Killer [Updated]
An image of a pea-sized cephalopod captured by a team of scientists in Hawaii has been making the rounds this week as…
'Ghostly' Dumbo Octopus Makes Hypnotizing Appearance in New Deep-Sea Footage
A so-described “ghostly” cephalopod put its deep-sea acrobatics on full display this week after it was captured by…
Mesmerizing Deep-Sea 'Headless Chicken Monster' Filmed in the Southern Ocean
A mesmerizing deep-sea dancer by the name of Enypniastes eximia is enjoying a moment in the limelight after being…
Over 90 Percent of Table Salts May Contain Microplastics, Study Finds
New reports of microplastics turning up in just about everything from our bottled water to our beer pop up often to…
Trump Signs Actually Good Bill To Clean Up Ocean Garbage
While everyone was distracted by Kanye West spouting inanities in the Oval Office, some actual work was done in the…
Captain Green Is the New Superhero Who Could Convince Your Kid to Ditch Plastics
They say not all superheroes wear capes. Well, our newest superhero does, and it’s the color of a shallow sea. That’s…
Newly Discovered Volcanic ‘Lost World’ Is a Haven for Marine Life
Australian scientists have discovered a previously unknown chain of volcanic seamounts near Tasmania. The area appears…
'Historic' Agreement Bans Commercial Fishing Across a Vast Swath of the Arctic
As the Arctic’s mantle of protective sea ice grows smaller and sadder by the year, new waters are opening up, setting…
Memory Week, Amazon, and Seafloor Sludge: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
It’s September 30th, 2018, and the theme of the last week was memory. Not just at Gizmodo, where we wrapped up Memory…
This Deep Sea Eel Is the Raddest Thing You'll See All Week
It’s been a long-ass week. And next week isn’t looking better. But I would urge you to take a break from our never…
Huge, Maybe Ineffective Pollution Scooper Launches Towards Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The Dutch nonprofit Ocean Cleanup deployed a 2,000-foot-long, $20 million unmanned boom designed to gather some of the…
Climate Change Is Cooking the Oceans
Heat waves aren’t just for land lubbers. Climate change has turned the oceans into cauldrons of scalding water,…
The First Marine Wilderness Map Shows There’s Not Much of It Left
For the first time, scientists have mapped how much oceanic wilderness remains. Only 13.2 percent of the oceans are…
What Caused the Loudest Underwater Sound Ever Recorded?
In 1997, scientists with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration were recording the sounds of…