OCEAN GATE -- High levels of fecal bacteria prompted health officials to issue a swim advisory on July 15 at an Ocean Gate beach along the Toms River.

New Jersey health officials closed a beach in Ocean County and issued swim advisories at 17 other locations along the Jersey Shore on July 16.

During a robotic exploration of the the ocean’s abyssopelagic zone, scientists discovered never-before-seen, jet-black eggs attached to a rock.