A team of marine biologists has described 24 amphipod species previously unknown to science from the deep Pacific seafloor, ...

Somewhere on the dark, silty floor of the central Pacific, more than four kilometers below the surface, a tiny crustacean was living a life so unlike anything previously cataloged that scientists had ...

Thought to lurk underground in the dark, honeycomb-like recesses between two Edwards Aquifer springs in central Texas, the elusive Peck's cave amphipod depends on steady spring flows and clean water ...

Characterized by darkness and intense pressure, the ocean's hadal zone seems uninhabitable, yet dozens of unique organisms call it home. Each species discovered there adds a crucial piece to the ...

DESCRIPTION: The Peck's cave amphipod is a small, aquatic, exclusively subterranean crustacean. Like all members of the genus Stygobromus, this species is eyeless and unpigmented. HABITAT: The primary ...

What if some of the most important clues about marine biodiversity were already collected but never fully shared? That's the question that motivated a study, published in Biodiversity Data Journal. It ...

Plans for a proposed light-rail Purple Line, which would connect D.C. to the Maryland suburbs could be delayed because of an unlikely reason: A rare, endangered shrimplike crustacean. According to the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

I am writing from the couch in the galley with a wood burning fireplace to my left and an incredible view of icebergs and snow-covered islands in front of me. This morning has been spent talking with ...

The D.C. Council is considering a bill that would designate the endangered Hay’s Spring amphipod the official amphipod of Washington, D.C. If the legislation passes, D.C. will become the first “state ...