These rare whales had never been seen alive. Then a team in Mexico sighted two – The search for a ginkgo-toothed beaked whale had taken five years, when a thieving albatross nearly ruined it all

The Guardian

Supercorals Might Not Be So Super – Here’s what happens when a weedy coral monoculture takes over.

Hakai

The quest to re-create nature’s strongest material – Material inspired by limpet teeth could perform as well as the toughest manmade materials, or better.

MIT Technology Review

How Did Millions of Dead Crabs Wind Up in the Abyss? – The unexpected discovery of a mass grave of red crabs 4,000 meters below the ocean’s surface is puzzling scientists—and raising questions about the ecology of the deep sea.

Hakai magazine

The Bottom of the Arctic Is Blooming – Researchers found phytoplankton hidden on the Arctic seafloor, hinting at a cascade of effects on the local ecology and the carbon cycle.

Eos

Algal Mats May Be a Key to the Arctic Food Web – Melt ponds in sea ice have thriving algal communities with startlingly high levels of photosynthetic activity.

Eos

Magnetic Microbes Are Thriving in the Mariana Trench – Closely studying these magnetic foraminifera could lead to new insights about the evolution of magnetic life.

Hakai magazine

How Dead Whales Seem to Connect Deep-Sea Life – By sinking a dead whale to the bottom of the ocean and studying what comes to visit, scientists are learning more about how deep-sea ecosystems are related.

Hakai magazine

Forecasting Geohazards in the Age of Gas Hydrate Exploitation – A curious breath-like pattern exhibited by gas hydrates may help forecast hazards associated with extracting them from the seafloor.

Eos

Guiana Dolphins Are Unintended Victims of Venezuela’s Economic Crisis – With sky-high inflation rates and crumbling social support, impoverished Venezuelans are increasingly targeting the struggling species.

Hakai magazine

The Cultivation Method That Makes This Hungarian Wine a Legend

Wine enthusiast

A Massive Methane Reservoir Is Lurking Beneath the Sea – Scientists have found a methane reservoir below the permafrost seabed of the Laptev Sea—a reservoir that could suddenly release large amounts of the potent greenhouse gas.

Eos

Retracting publications doesn’t stop them from influencing science – These “Zombie papers” keep on getting cited, with huge ripple effects

Massive Science

Can global innovation competitions unearth the next sustainability solution? – Entrepreneurs from low- and middle-income countries face many obstacles. These programs help their breakthrough ideas see the light of day.

Ensia

Invasive species are pushing close to the boundaries of protected areas – Protected areas are successful at maintaining ecosystems, but for how long?

Massive Science