What lives in the deep
More of Earth is underwater than mapped. The strangest life on the planet hides down there.
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The Shrimp With a Sun in Its Claw
A snapping shrimp creates a bubble that reaches the temperature of the Sun's surface.
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The Predator That Was Born Before the Mayflower
Greenland sharks can live for over 400 years, making them the oldest vertebrates on the planet.
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The jellyfish that's biologically immortal
Turritopsis dohrnii ages backwards on command.
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Why Orcas Sometimes Bring Humans Gifts
Wild orcas have started handing things to people — and waiting to see what happens next.
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The deep sea predator with soccer ball eyes
The colossal squid has the largest eyes ever recorded, measuring 11 inches across to spot shadows in the dark.
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The lobster that forgot how to die
Lobsters don't age the way humans do; they grow stronger, more fertile, and more energetic the longer they live.
The Twenty Million Tons Of Liquid Gold
The world's oceans hold enough dissolved gold to give every person on Earth nine pounds of the precious metal.
The Weight of Fifty Jumbo Jets on a Basketball
At the bottom of the Mariana Trench, a standard basketball wouldn't just pop; it would undergo a physical transformation.
The Snail That Paralyzes Fish and Replaces Morphine
A slow-moving snail creates a chemical cocktail that can shut down the nervous system and replace hospital painkillers.
The deep sea predator with soccer ball eyes
The colossal squid has the largest eyes ever recorded, measuring 11 inches across to spot shadows in the dark.
The Invisible Forest Floating in the Ocean
More than half of the oxygen you breathe doesn't come from trees, but from microscopic marine life.
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The Snail That Paralyzes Fish and Replaces Morphine
A slow-moving snail creates a chemical cocktail that can shut down the nervous system and replace hospital painkillers.
The lobster that forgot how to die
Lobsters don't age the way humans do; they grow stronger, more fertile, and more energetic the longer they live.
The Twenty Million Tons Of Liquid Gold
The world's oceans hold enough dissolved gold to give every person on Earth nine pounds of the precious metal.
The Invisible Forest Floating in the Ocean
More than half of the oxygen you breathe doesn't come from trees, but from microscopic marine life.
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Dinosaurs, mass extinctions and the planet that came before this one.
Optical tricks, memory glitches and the colours that don't really exist.
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