An Algorithm for Mapping Stars is also Used to Track Whale Sharks
An algorithm that was originally developed to map the stars is also used to track whale sharks for the sake of conservation efforts.
Fascinating Footage of Some of the Weirdest-Looking Deep Sea Creatures
The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) uses deep-sea remote-operated vehicles (ROVs) to capture footage of some of the strangest, weirdest creatures that exist in the deep sea.
Into the Deep: Photos of Incredible Creatures from the Ocean’s Depths
The creatures that can be found in the dark depths of the midwater and seafloor range from breathtakingly beautiful, to curious, to terrifying.
Beautiful Deep-Sea Squid Gets Caught on Camera for the First Time
A strange-looking recently-discovered deep-sea squid species called the Asperoteuthis mangoldae squid has been captured on camera for the first time ever. The footage and the scientists' reactions are in the 2.5-minute video above.
Beautiful Photographs of Microscopic Plankton that Look Like Photos of Outer Space
When you look at the photographs in her series Into the Umbra, photographer Julia Bennett wants you to think you're looking at outer space. And then, just as your mind is struggling to expand to encompass the far reaches of the solar system where the image was captured, that's when she wants you to realize that you're looking at something you could find in any old liter of Sea Water.
Her images weren't captured with a telescope peering into the heavens, but a microscope that peers into the micro worlds inside droplets of seawater.