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These spheres from the abyss conceal creatures with startling biology.

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Scientists pulled 40,000 fossil spine fragments from the deep ocean floor and traced sea urchins living there for 104 million ...

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The palm-size creature was spotted and collected during a research expedition more than a decade ago, but scientists have ...

A chiton smaller than a fingernail, pulled from a sunken log nearly three miles beneath the Pacific Ocean’s surface, now ...

Before recent findings, goblin sharks were only recorded after being hooked on a fishing line and hauled to the surface, dying shortly after.

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