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Newly Described Sea Spider Species and Why They’re Larger Than Expected

I still remember the first time a colleague handed me a jar with a sea spider inside it. He asked me to guess its size before I looked. I guessed…

DR RABICA September 1, 2026

New Discoveries

New Nudibranch Species: The Sea Slugs Still Surprising Scientists

Somewhere off the coast of California, a diver drops below the kelp canopy. She spots a creature that looks hand-painted. It's frilled, glowing, and no bigger than a thumbnail. Nobody…

DR RABICA August 31, 2026

New Discoveries

Deep-Sea Expedition Discoveries: What Research Ships Found This Year

I still remember the first time I watched a live ROV feed from three thousand meters down and forgot to breathe for a solid ten seconds. That is what a…

DR RABICA August 31, 2026

Ocean Exploration & History

Eugenie Clark: The Shark Lady Who Changed Marine Biology

Most people who fear sharks have never met one. Eugenie Clark met thousands of them. As a result, she came away convinced they were among the most misunderstood animals on…

DR RABICA August 20, 2026

Ocean Exploration & History

Sylvia Earle: The Marine Biologist Who Redefined Deep Diving

A three-year-old girl gets knocked flat by a wave on the New Jersey shore in 1938, and instead of running from the ocean, she decides she wants to know it…

DR RABICA August 17, 2026

Ocean Facts & Science

How the Ocean Produces Half of Earth’s Oxygen

Take a breath right now. That air probably did not come from a forest. It came from the sea. Ocean oxygen production is one of the most overlooked facts in…

DR RABICA August 12, 2026

Whales & Marine Mammals

Gray Whale Migration: The Longest Migration of Any Mammal Revisited

Picture a fifty-foot animal leaving the icy edge of the Arctic in September, swimming past your coastline by December, and reaching a warm Mexican lagoon before the new year even…

DR RABICA August 5, 2026

New Discoveries

Rediscovered vs New: The Difference Between a Lost Species and a New One

A fisherman off South Africa once pulled up a strange blue fish. Scientists thought this fish died out with the dinosaurs. That single catch in December 1938 became one of…

DR RABICA August 4, 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

New Crustacean Species: The Crabs and Shrimp Still Being Named

Picture a crab the size of a fingernail. Now picture a shrimp living inside a pitch black limestone cave, cut off from sunlight for a million years. Add a "supergiant"…

DR RABICA August 4, 2026

Newly Described Sea Spider Species and Why They’re Larger Than Expected

New Nudibranch Species: The Sea Slugs Still Surprising Scientists

Deep-Sea Expedition Discoveries: What Research Ships Found This Year

Eugenie Clark: The Shark Lady Who Changed Marine Biology

Sylvia Earle: The Marine Biologist Who Redefined Deep Diving

How the Ocean Produces Half of Earth’s Oxygen

Gray Whale Migration: The Longest Migration of Any Mammal Revisited

Rediscovered vs New: The Difference Between a Lost Species and a New One

Hybrid Ocean Species: When Two Marine Animals Interbreed Naturally

New Crustacean Species: The Crabs and Shrimp Still Being Named

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