An international team of researchers has made a finding that sheds new light on the expansion of modern humans towards the Pacific. Archaeological excavations in the Mololo cave, located in the Raja Ampat islands of Indonesia, have provided evidence of human occupation dating back more than 55,000 years, making it the oldest known site in […]
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The Fascinating “Leaf Sheep”, Hermaphroditic Mollusks that Detach Pieces of Their Body to Escape Predators
Earlier, we talked here about Elysia chlorotica, a marine mollusk that we described as being half animal and half plant because it somehow had the ability to perform photosynthesis. Something similar happens with its cousins, the leaf sheep, which are also mollusks and were discovered in 1993. Its scientific name is Costasiella kuroshimae, and it […]
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Nan Madol, the ancient city built on 92 islets interconnected by canals in the Pacific Ocean
In the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, in the Caroline Islands archipelago, lies one of the most enigmatic and fascinating archaeological sites in the world: Nan Madol. This complex of ruins, located off the island of Temwen, in Pohnpei (Federated States of Micronesia), has captured the imagination of explorers and archaeologists for centuries due […]
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Pink Pigs that Eat “Marine Snow” and Glass Sponges that Live for 15,000 Years: Surprising Species Discovered in the Pacific Ocean
Recently, a team of scientists embarked on a remarkable 45-day research expedition to the Clarion Clipperton Zone, a remote and largely unexplored region between Mexico and Hawaii in the eastern Pacific Ocean. One of them was Thomas Dahlgren, a marine ecologist from the University of Gothenburg and the NORCE research institute. These areas are the […]
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The Bloop, the Mysterious Sound Detected at the Farthest Point from Land in the Pacific Ocean
Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn (In his house at R’lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming) H.P. Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu This unpronounceable phrase is familiar to all readers of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. It refers to one of those supratemporal cosmic entities that feature in his fantastical tales, a primordial being that has lain dormant […]
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Expedition Finds Creatures Unknown to Science in an Underwater Mountain Range Near Rapa Nui
A team of international scientists recently explored the Salas y Gómez Ridge, a remote area in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile. During their expedition, they discovered an amazing variety of marine life, including over 160 species that were previously unknown to science. At least 50 of these are completely new species that […]