Tag Archives: DeepSea

New species of deep-sea shark and crab discovered off Australia  Oceanographic Magazine New species of deep-sea shark and crab discovered off Western Australia  Phys.org Newly discovered deep-sea lanternshark glows in the waters near Australia  Popular Science New Species Of Tiny Glowing Lanternshark And Ghost-Like Crab Discovered In Deep Sea  IFLScience Source link

In the 1950s, it was believed we knew more about the surface of the moon than the deep seas on Earth. Since then, humans have landed on the moon’s surface and have dived nearly seven miles in a submersible to the ocean’s deepest point. Scientists continue to make discoveries about both extreme environments, but so far, only one has been …

Caught male Spotted Ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei) showing the [extended/erect] frontal clasper (tenaculum) on the front of the head. Credit: Gareth J. Fraser, University of Florida Male ghost sharks use tooth-studded rods on their foreheads for mating. Fossil and genetic evidence prove they are true teeth, showcasing evolutionary flexibility. Male “ghost sharks,” eerie deep-sea fish known as chimaeras and closely related …

Are those teeth on your forehead or are you just happy to see me? In the curious case of chimaeras, also called ghost sharks, the answer is ‘both.’ These forehead-teeth are attached to a retractable stalk called a tenaculum, and they help chimaeras have sex. Because of course. Whether these nodules are true teeth in every sense of the word, …

The deep sea is home to some of the weirdest creatures on Earth, from ghostly elder fish to carnivorous harp sponges. Sometimes, scientists discover more humble creatures that are so tiny that they go unnoticed until new technology brings them into view. Such efforts rarely disappoint. Using an underwater robot camera, researchers discovered three new species of deep-sea snailfish: one …

A New, ‘Adorable’ Deep-Sea Fish Swims Into View  The New York Times Source link

Facebook Tweet Email Link Forty years ago, in the early hours of September 1, grainy black-and-white images of a metal cylinder appeared on the video feeds in the command center of Knorr, a research vessel searching the Atlantic seafloor for the world’s most famous shipwreck: the Titanic. Members of the four-person watch team, suspecting the object might be a sunken …

Of all the weird and wonderful adaptations that have evolved in the world’s oceans, the barreleye fish’s might be the most impressive. These deep-sea dwellers are equipped with a transparent head, allowing their tubular eyes to look upwards, like gazing out of a car sunroof, as they hunt for prey above in pitch-black waters.  The rest of this article is …

Paralvinella hessleri accumulates microscopic particles of arsenic on its outer skin, which reacts with sulfide to form a microscopic armour of yellow orpiment.Credit: Wang et al./PLoS Biol (CC BY 4.0) A bright-yellow worm that lives in deep-sea hydrothermal vents is the first known animal to create orpiment, a brilliant but toxic mineral used by artists from antiquity until the nineteenth …

This Golden Arsenic Deep-Sea Worm Fights Poison With Poison  The New York TimesView Full Coverage on Google News Source link