The second expedition took researchers to the Southern Ocean’s Bellingshausen Sea, off West Antarctica. The team was the ...

Researchers are not even halfway through analyzing the thousands of samples collected from the Southern Ocean, but they've ...

In October 2025, a person on Facebook posted an image ( archived) of what they described as a " little sea monster" with ...

Learn about the new deep-sea species discovered in the Southern Ocean, including a "death-ball" sponge that uses a deadly ...

The first explored the South Sandwich Islands, where active tectonic activity and methane vents create warm, chemical-rich ...

Thirty previously unknown deep-sea species, including a carnivorous “death-ball” sponge, have been confirmed from one of the ...

Scientists have discovered 30 new species in the deep recesses of the Southern Ocean, including iridescent scale worms and a ...

The aquariums said its aerial survey team spotted three True’s beaked whales, a species “rarely seen at the surface,” while above the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument off the ...

Scientists have discovered 30 previously unknown deep-sea species, including a carnivorous death ball sponge, in the remote parts of the Southern Ocean.

The historian Procopius described how a creature called Porphyrios terrified sixth-century sailors for 50 years. But what was ...

Scientists photographed three True's beaked whales, believed to be two adults and a juvenile, during a mid-October flight over the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, which is ...