The specimens were the bycatch of a fishing vessel in the South China Sea, which researchers later bought to study.

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Inside deep ... sea creature known as Sebastapistes monospina, or the tropical single-spined scorpionfish, was identified as a new species. Found in shallow coral and rocky reef environments, thes ...

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A team of explorers rappelled into the shaft-like cave and found a “pinkish” animal living in a cold river of the “deep dark zone.” Take a look.

A tragic incident has unfolded in Hartenbos in Mossel Bay, where two beaked whales were found stranded on the shore.