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New Bioluminescent Species Found: How Scientists Confirm Glowing Animals

Somewhere off the coast of Western Australia, a research vessel called the RV Investigator hauled up a shark that nobody had a name for. It lived at roughly 2,000 feet…

DR RABICA September 1, 2026

New Discoveries

Hybrid Ocean Species: When Two Marine Animals Interbreed Naturally

A dolphin trainer in Hawaii once watched a bottlenose dolphin give birth to a calf that looked wrong. It was too big, too dark, and missing several teeth compared to…

DR RABICA August 4, 2026

New Discoveries

The Ocean Census Project: Inside the Global Hunt for New Marine Life

Picture a ghost shark gliding through the dark waters of the Coral Sea. Most marine biologists never see one in their entire career. Now picture scientists finding more than a…

DR RABICA August 3, 2026

New Discoveries

Citizen Science Ocean: How Regular People Are Finding New Species

A snorkeler in Florida once photographed a strange little fish near a dock, uploaded it to an app, and went home for dinner. Within days, taxonomists flagged the photo as…

DR RABICA August 2, 2026

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Newly Identified Ocean Creature Explainer: Meet 2026’s Ghost Shark

TL;DR: Scientists at the Ocean Census named a newly identified ocean creature, a ghost shark relative called a chimaera, off Australia's Coral Sea in 2025. It joins 1,121 newly discovered…

DR RABICA July 21, 2026

New Bioluminescent Species Found: How Scientists Confirm Glowing Animals

Hybrid Ocean Species: When Two Marine Animals Interbreed Naturally

The Ocean Census Project: Inside the Global Hunt for New Marine Life

Citizen Science Ocean: How Regular People Are Finding New Species

Newly Identified Ocean Creature Explainer: Meet 2026’s Ghost Shark

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