January 10, 2022 By Elizabeth Claire Alberts Mongabay
Researchers recently released the first global atlas that quantifies artificial light at night on underwater habitats.
New Atlas Illuminates Impact of Artificial Light in the Ocean at Night
Octopuses Have a Secret Sense to Keep Their 8 Arms Out of Trouble
February 20, 2021 By Richard Sima The New York Times
Even when an octopus can’t see light with its eyes, its arms seem to know it is there.
How Ultra-Black Fish Disappear in the Deepest Seas
July 16, 2020 By Katherine J. Wu The New York Times
Researchers have found fish that absorb more than 99.9 percent of the light that hits their skin.
Slow and Steady: Sea Turtles Mount a Long-term Recovery
May 22, 2020 By Elizabeth Claire Alberts Mongabay
In 2018, something extraordinary happened in Phuket, Thailand. For the first time in five years, a leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) crept onto a local beach, dug a nest in the sand, and laid 118 tiny white eggs. Not long after that, two more nests appeared.