About 800 kilometers east of New Zealand’s mainland, the Chatham Islands sit atop one of the South Pacific’s most productive underwater features: the Chatham Rise, a broad seafloor plateau where cold ...
This dazzling satellite photo shows a glowing ring of plankton surrounding a remote group of New Zealand islands. The illuminated landmasses are hotspots for deadly whale stranding events, which are ...
If you go to the beach and dip a bucket in the sea, you might at first think it contains lifeless water. But examine that water under a microscope and you will see your bucket contains a universe of ...