We typically imagine echolocation as “seeing” with sound—experiencing auditory signals as a world of images like the ones our ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

The smallest species of whale tricks its predators by gushing red gallons of red fluid into the water when under attack ...

The minerals that are being targeted form a critical part of the sea floor, and the sea floor is what life attaches to in the ...

Echolocation is one of nature’s most extraordinary adaptations, allowing animals to navigate, hunt, and communicate in complete darkness. ... From deep-sea environments to the night skies, ...

Deep-sea mining in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean could harm ocean life including whales and dolphins, new research shows ...

Deep-diving toothed whales wash up dead with stomachs full of plastic and prey alike. Their built-in sonar likely can’t tell the difference.

Humanity has only explored 0.001% of the deep sea, according to a May 2025 study.Getty Images Reporter The Trump Administration signed an executive order late last month aiming to fast-track ...

The deep sea provides food to many species in shallower waters, like the swordfish, which dives up to 1,200 meters to feed. Related We’re protecting the ocean wrong ...

Suddenly, it dawned on him: They were the echolocation of not just one, but several endangered sperm whales hunting for prey in the area, and eventually honing in on an unlucky squid or shark.

A discussion of deep-sea mining of critical minerals on the ocean floor, ... Noise pollution that may interfere with echolocation and other communications systems of ocean life.

The deep sea refers to the part of the ocean below 200 meters (656 ft.), at which light begins to disappear. Despite making up more than 90% of the Earth’s marine environment, ...