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A series of ultrasound images shows a shark embryo swimming from one uterus to another.

These Baby Sharks Swim from One Uterus to Another to Eat Their Unfertilized Siblings

By Rafi Letzter

The little sharks swim around inside their mom, switching between her multiple uteruses. When they get hungry they eat her unfertilized eggs.

Monster Waves Are Battering the West Coast. Here's Why.

By Rafi Letzter

Deadly waters are churning up and down the West Coast of the U.S. today, caused by a storm system originating close to Alaska.

In the 1940s, Navy scientists were forbidden from sharing key oceanographic data, such as bathymetric measurements, with scientists who lacked a security clearance. Here, the bathymetry of Mona Passage from the U.S. Geological Survey.

US Navy's Secrecy Likely Stalled Ocean Science Progress for Decades

By Mindy Weisberger

When the U.S. Navy classified vital seafloor data during World War II and after, it delayed the development of a key theory.

How Do Animals Breathe Underwater?

By Mindy Weisberger

Fish do it. So do jellyfish, starfish and sea cucumbers.

Ridiculously Tiny Baby Octopus Riding Ocean Trash Is So, So Smol

By Mindy Weisberger

Marvel at the cuteness of a pea-size baby octopus.

Great White Sharks Gather in Droves in the Middle of Nowhere, But Why?

By Kimberly Hickok

The White Shark Café, a deserted area in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, is also a delightful buffet for the ocean's largest predatory fish.

Where does all the water go that seems to get sucked into Thor's Well along the Oregon coast.

'Thor's Well' Seems to Drain to the Underworld in Incredible Photo (Here’s Why)

By Stephanie Pappas

The ocean seems to disappear into Oregon's rocky coastline.

There's a Huge 'Archive' of Heat Hiding Under Earth's Arctic Ice

By Rafi Letzter

Thanks to climate change, extra heat has penetrated deep into the ocean. And underwater currents have pulled it north, where it's hiding under the Arctic ice.

A surfer rides a huge wave off the coast of Nazare, Portugal.

Surfer's Monster, 80-Foot Wave Came from a Hidden, Underwater Canyon

By Rafi Letzter

There's a massive underwater landform creating extreme surfing conditions in Portugal.

A new map of the Porcupine Bank Canyon shows massive walls surrounding it.

An Underwater Irish Canyon Is Sucking CO2 Out of the Atmosphere

By Rafi Letzter

A research expedition to a huge underwater canyon off the coast of Ireland has shed light on a hidden process that sucks carbon dioxide (CO2) out of the atmosphere.