May 2, 2016 Bagging a comet? The craziest ways to give Earth its water supply Earth is bathed in water, but will there be enough for everyone in the future? The question doesn't have an easy answer
May 2, 2016 How to celebrate Earth Day 2015 with NASA Today (April 22) is the 45th anniversary of Earth Day, and NASA has a series of activities planned to celebrate the beauty of our home planet.
May 2, 2016 True to their name, vampire squid may have long lives No one has ever seen vampire squid mate in the wild.
May 2, 2016 New map of global ocean temperatures is a work of art A new global map of the world's oceans is so visually stunning that it could be mistaken for art.
May 2, 2016 Huge underwater canyon is home to amazing deep-sea creatures A two-week-long seafaring mission off the coast of western Australia has helped illuminate a deep and dark underwater abyss the size of the Grand Canyon
May 2, 2016 Weird 'water tongue' lets fish feed on land A fish that uses water as a sort of tongue to feed on land could shed light on how animals with backbones first invaded land, researchers say
May 2, 2016 Baby great white sharks surprise Southern California beachgoers Cue the John Williams score – there’ve been great white shark sightings very close off the shores of the beach at Ventura, Calif. But, experts say, this is nothing worry about – these are “Jaws” of the baby variety. About eight to 10 juvenile sharks have been spotted sticking close to the warmest, shallowest areas near the coastline.
May 2, 2016 New sea dragon species flaunts ruby-red skin For the first time in 150 years, researchers have found a new species of sea dragon, a marine creature with "unusual red coloration," according to a new study.
May 2, 2016 Sorry, spiders: Sea snails make strongest material on Earth Step aside, Spider-Man: The world's strongest stuff isn't your silk; it's sea snail teeth
May 2, 2016 Vast bed of metal balls found in deep sea Scattered along the seafloor, dense clusters of large metal lumps have been discovered by scientists trolling for deep-sea creatures between South America and Africa The R/V Sonne, a German research ship, was several hundred miles east of Barbados when a mesh net meant to capture marine life instead brought up balls of manganese ore that were bigger than softballs.
