“Very Unusual” Underwater Structure in Norway Linked to 1,100-Year-Old Records Describing a Medieval “Whale Trap” Micah Hanks·March 16, 2026Divers investigating a mysterious underwater structure in Norway may have found the earliest known example of a medieval “whale trap.”
“This Was a Remarkable Observation”: Deep-Sea ‘Zombie Worms’ Have Gone Missing, and It Has Ocean Scientists Concerned Austin Burgess·January 1, 2026A team of researchers led by Ocean Networks Canada conducted an experiment to lure a species of deep-sea worms to colonize remains placed on the seafloor.
New Whale Species Named After A “God of Death” Hunted on Land and Underwater, New Fossil Discovery Indicates MJ Banias·August 27, 2021Scientists discovered a fossil in Egypt's Western Desert of a whale that had four legs and could live both underwater and on land.