A Stygiomedusa gigantea, commonly known as the giant phantom jelly, spotted during a recent deep-sea expedition. | ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute Forget Bigfoot. Some of the ocean’s rarest ...

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Soon after the U.S. Department of Justice released a batch of documents related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in late December 2025, social media users claimed the text hidden by redactions ...

An ocean-mining company has funded some of the most comprehensive scientific studies of the deep seabed to date, and peer-reviewed results have begun to emerge. A collage of foraminifera, a kind of ...

EXCLUSIVE: After working with the two on multiple projects, A24 is now looking to team up two of the town’s biggest rising stars. Sources tell Deadline Civil War star Cailee Spaeny and Queer star Drew ...

On a radiant July afternoon, a pair of scientists hung their heads off the side of a boat and peered into the brilliant blue water of a lake known for its clarity. They were watching for the exact ...

Today, Mobb Deep dropped “Against The World,” the group’s first release since the death of Prodigy, who died at age 42 in 2017. The single is the first offering from their upcoming album Infinite, set ...

The bumpy snailfish (Careproctus colliculi) is one of three new deep-sea species described. 2019 MBARI When you think of deep-sea fish, chances are you imagine sharp-toothed, foreboding-looking ...