The indentations are nests of fish called yellowfin notie, and they are not randomly scattered—rather, they appear to have ...

OSLO (Reuters) - Tiny marine creatures found on the seabed on opposite sides of the vast West Antarctic ice sheet give a strong hint of the risks of sea level rise caused by climate change, scientists ...

It can be tricky to see sponges as animals, stationary and plant-like as they are, but they represent some of the ...

Armed with lab equipment and two months of food and clothes, around 60 researchers boarded the RSV Nuyina icebreaker ship for its first scientific voyage in March. They are taking part in the Denman ...

Climate change is speeding the spread of global pathogens. Can an early-warning system for animal viruses help stop pandemics ...

The largest squid species in the world is the colossal squid. Read about where it is found, what it eats, and how big it can ...

Living in the frigid waters off the coast of Antarctica, the giant sea spider has hatched its young in secrecy for over 140 years. But recently, researchers dove down to the sea floor off the remote ...

When snow falls on the ice sheet, where subzero temperatures ensure it doesn’t melt. Antarctic temperatures regularly reach -40°C or lower in the interior, with the lowest ever temperature on Earth ...

They explored Antarctica's sea floor and found more than 1,000 circular nests. Each of these structures did not have a layer of plankton detritus covering them, which was otherwise found in the rest ...

Researchers aboard the RSV Nuyina are on a two-month mission to better understand a massive Antarctic glacier. Australian Antarctic Division Armed with lab equipment and two months of food and clothes ...