Picture this: you’re casting your fishing line into the murky waters off Louisiana’s coast, expecting maybe a red snapper or speckled trout. Instead, something that looks like it swam straight out of a fairy tale breaks the surface. That’s exactly what happened to Thurman Gustin last summer, and his video has marine biologists buzzing. The ...
Alaska’s marine ecosystem is witnessing something quite remarkable. Sea otters, those playful marine mammals that once faced near extinction, are making an impressive comeback across many regions of the Last Frontier. It’s a story that began centuries ago when fur traders hunted these animals to the brink of disappearance. Now, decades of protection and ...
On a quiet stretch of seafloor off southern Japan, a small pufferfish spends days carving a perfect circle into the sand – ridges, valleys, and a tidy nursery in the middle. Divers once called them ocean crop circles, beautiful and baffling, until cameras caught the artist in the act. The discovery didn’t just solve a ...
Bioluminescence is a mesmerizing natural phenomenon where living organisms produce and emit light. This fascinating process can be seen in various environments, but it is particularly striking in the ocean, where darkness often prevails. Bioluminescence results from a chemical reaction within an organism, usually involving a light-emitting molecule called luciferin and an enzyme luciferase. This ...
