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Skate eggs, like this deep sea example, are known as "mermaid purses."
underwater

Found: A Natural Egg-Incubator in the Deep Ocean

Who knew hydrothermal vents make such great nurseries?
Vittoria Traverso February 9, 2018
A crown-of-thorns starfish feeds on some coral.
coral reefs

Saving the Great Barrier Reef Means Saying Goodbye to a Lot of Starfish

The crown-of-thorns starfish preys upon coral, munching on its stony polyps.
Natasha Frost January 22, 2018
British sailors with a mascot from the surrendered German fleet, November 1918.
sailors

The Little-Known History of Seafaring Pets

From war to exploration to pleasure cruising, pets have often accompanied us on the oceans.
Vittoria Traverso January 17, 2018
Ouch!
architecture

To Make Fracture-Resistant Concrete, Let a Sea Urchin Be Your Guide

Strong and flexible building materials, inspired by ocean life.
Jessica Leigh Hester December 22, 2017
Skeleton of a plesiosaur on display at the Hunterian Museum at the University of Glasgow, Scotland.
antarctic

Found: A Plesiosaur, Antarctica's Oldest Animal Fossil

The fossil record of the southern continent has much to offer.
Vittoria Traverso December 22, 2017
Steller's sea cow was hunted to extinction fewer than thirty years after being described.
exploration

Found: The Massive Skeleton of a Steller's Sea Cow

A 17-foot-long sirenian emerges on a remote Russian island.
Vittoria Traverso November 17, 2017
A postcard from the Garbage Patch State.
art

We're All Citizens of the Garbage Patch State

An Italian artist has created an imaginary homeland for all of our plastic waste.
Vittoria Traverso November 16, 2017
Olga, Washington

The Aproximada

This 50-ton ship on Orcas Island has never seen the ocean.
English skipper Annie Gilbert found a basketball that had been out to sea for quite a while.
sports

Found: A Barnacle-Covered Basketball Lost at Sea

Spalding, did you see Wilson out there?
Vittoria Traverso November 3, 2017
science

Watch Very Old Jellyfish Glide Beneath the Arctic Ice

Life under the ice is long and slow.
Natasha Frost October 25, 2017
Lugworms can measure up to nine inches in length in the United Kingdom, while their American cousins are sometimes as much as 13 inches long.
science

Would You Kindly Spy on the Sex Life of the Humble Lugworm?

British researchers need more information about what gets this marine worm in the mood.
Natasha Frost October 23, 2017
Les Sables-d'Olonne, France

L'île Penotte Seashell Art

Wall after wall of this French seaside neighborhood is intricately decorated with seashells and corals.
<em>Pinna nobilis</em>, the clam from which sea silk is produced, grows up to a yard in length.
mythology

You’ll Probably Never Get to See, Let Alone Touch, Sea Silk

Untangling the mysteries of the world’s rarest thread.
Natasha Frost September 13, 2017
Permanently Closed
The dome in the bay
Suminoe-ku, Japan

Osaka Maritime Museum

An abandoned giant glass dome sits in the bay in “the Venice of the East.”
Amsterdam Oersoep.
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Amsterdam Oersoep

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.
The ruins of MV Creteblock.
Whitby, England

Wreck of the MV Creteblock

The remains of the concrete ship can be seen during low tide.
The memorial stone and bridge.
Jonesport, Maine

Nellie Chapin Day Memorial

A memorial to an ill-fated Holy Land mission once described by Mark Twain as “a complete fiasco.”
FLIP in action.
science

This Ship Is Not Sinking—It's Flipping for Science

FLIP sits up to provide a stable, quiet research platform.
Kelsey Kennedy August 8, 2017