Chinese researchers piloting a submersible 7,000 meters (4.3 miles) below the Indian Ocean expected darkness, cold, maybe some sediment. What they got was a 1,200-kilometer (745-mile) corridor of whale bones — 485 skeletons cataloged, some fossils dating back 5.3 million years, and an entire ecosystem of jellyfish, brittle stars, and…
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They Found a Seven-Limbed Octopus on a Scottish Beach
A large octopus washed up on a beach in Scotland this week. Pale. Heavy. Motionless. Arms splayed in different directions, like the instructions got lost halfway through. Seven of them. Not torn. Not injured. Just seven. The photos show it lying there quietly, as if the ocean set it down…