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Sea creature with ‘large' throat pores found off Antarctica. It's a new species

Off the coast of Antarctica, scientists aboard a research vessel sorted through the specimens they'd collected. Among the catch were two sea creatures with "large" pores on their throats. It took ...
AOL

15 bizarre creatures from the bottom of the ocean that look like aliens

Sea creatures have adapted to help them thrive in extreme environments. Unusual features allow them to live thousands of feet below the surface. Underwater robots give researchers a glimpse at some of ...
Gizmodo

Scientists Just Found a ‘Death-Ball’ Sponge and a Whole Bunch of Other Deep-Sea Weirdos

Researchers are not even halfway through analyzing the thousands of samples collected from the Southern Ocean, but they've already discovered 30 new deep-sea creatures. Reading time 2 minutes The deep ...

Giant, rare 7-armed sea creature spotted in California's Monterey Bay

The rare creature, called Haliphron atlanticus, was seen by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute's biodiversity and biooptics team on Nov. 6, the institute confirmed to SFGATE via email. Prior ...
Raleigh News & Observer

‘Cryptic’ 7-foot-long sea creature found on beach in Florida. It’s a new species

Scientists found a “large,” “cryptic” sea creature with a “whip-like tail” in the Atlantic Ocean and discovered a new species, study said. Photo from Getty / iStockphoto In the crystal waters of the ...