Meet The Megamouth Shark, A Giant Sea Doofus
Tom Haight/Florida Museum of Natural History You’ve never seen a shark so nonthreatening. The megamouth shark is a rare, startled-looking species of ocean menace. Growing anywhere from six to seventeen feet…
Meet the Jedi Whales That Sound Like Lightsabers
May the Force free Willy. “Star Wars” may take place in a galaxy far, far away, but here on Earth, scientists have discovered a species of whale that produces a sound…
Everything You Never Knew About Narwhals
I’m 27 and just learned narwhals are real. Here’s my journey. Before we get started, let’s get one thing straight: Narwhals are real. I say this because if you’re anything like me,…
Killer Whales Become Boss-Lady B*tches After Menopause
Ines Vuckovic/Dose They slay. All day. Older adults have it made. After 18+ years of raising children, the nest is finally empty and there’s an abundance of free time. You can…
This Is Your Future Suburb — And It Floats
This Is Your Future Suburb — And It Floats Live like the Jetsons, if the Jetsons vacationed in Atlantis. Jet Capsule has set seen the suburbs of the future, and apparently they’re shiny,…
This Shape-Shifting Octopus Is A Real-Life Animorph
It’s so good at camouflage, it wasn’t even discovered until the late 90s. Rickard Zerpe/Flickr Octopuses are insanely intelligent animals, and the mimic octopus (scientific name: thaumoctopus mimicus) is definitely no…
Dolphins Guard The World’s Largest Nuclear Weapons Cache. What’s Your Day Job?
And you thought Sea World had the smartest dolphins. About 20 miles west of Seattle, in the Hood Canal, is Naval Base Kitsap—a storehouse for almost one quarter of America’s…
This Garbage-Eating Drone May Someday Clean Up Our Oceans
God knows we aren’t going to do it ourselves. When I was a kid, I always dreamed of having a robot that could clean my room for me. Nothing too extravagant—just…
Watch: Diver Gets Hunted By A Great White Shark
YouTube — Storyful News Good thing the camera was attached to a speargun. https://medium.com/media/0076fd726c1b2c8a187d583b82bf357d/href On September 1, college student Tyler McQuillen was diving off the coast of Santa Barbara, California when he felt…
There’s A Glowing Purple Orb At The Bottom Of The Ocean & Scientists Have No Idea What It Is
Is it a Koosh Ball? The scientists aboard the E/V Nautilus have been on the cutting edge of seafloor exploration since they started their oceanic expedition back in 2010. They’ve had…
