On the Air: September 8, 2024
It may sound surprising, but many mountains are hiding from us—some of which may be more than a mile high. Scientists are finding more of them all the time, though—at the bottom of the sea. A research cruise in 2023, for example, found four of them in the Southern Ocean.
In Print: September 1, 2024
From the front, dragonfish look about as terrifying as their mythological namesakes likely appeared to the knights in ancient tales. Sleek, slender, and quite small at about 20 inches long, they don’t really resemble dragons, but their gaping jaws full of fangs are scary enough to seem like a storybook monster. They also live deep in the dark twilight and midnight zones of the sea, where their dark skin allows them to remain unseen so they can ambush their prey.
