But new genetic and expeditionary research published in Royal Society Open Science has found that this giant crustacean ...
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Nearly 4,000 m beneath the Pacific, in water so dark that sunlight has never penetrated, scientists have stumbled on a new ...
The 30cm-long (11.8in) juvenile was spotted at a depth of 600m (1,968ft), near the South Sandwich Islands in the south ...
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), in collaboration with the Southern Marine Science and Engineering ...
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As companies search underwater for resources, scientists are taking inventory of the ocean-dwelling creatures that could be ...
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