Goblin shark near Tonga Trench (2024). Credit: Minderoo-University of Western Australia Deep-Sea Research Center and Inkfish For the first time, scientists have filmed live goblin sharks swimming freely in their natural deep-sea habitat, giving researchers a glimpse of one of the world’s rarest and most mysterious sharks without removing it from the ocean. The discovery…

For people living across Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, early July brought another reminder of how quickly conditions can change in the western Pacific. Super Typhoon Bavi arrived as an exceptionally powerful storm, crossing near the islands with destructive winds, heavy rain and dangerous coastal flooding. According to Nasa, the cyclone reached its greatest…