Antarctica is the world's great cooling unit. This vital part of Earth's climate system is largely powered by the annual ...

The discovery has been hidden for millennia. Scientists make jaw-dropping find after drilling more than 1,500 feet into ...

along with sea spiders, icefish, octopuses. Some of the creatures that are new species, and many may only be found near Antarctica. Beyond simply being remote, the continent has been isolated for ...

STRANGE creatures dredged up from the Antarctica seafloor by scientists may have previously been undiscovered. Australian scientists captured a jelly-like, eyeless 'sea pig' and palm-sized spiders ...

The RSV Nuyina icebreaker is part-way though its first mission dedicated solely to marine science. Along with understanding the impacts of warmer waters in the Antarctic region, scientists have ...

Australian Antarctic Division Aside from the “sea butterfly,” researchers also ... eating bits of dead algae and animals that have fallen from the surface,” the aquarium said.

But none do so under the dark Antarctic ice. Instead, ocean currents, glacial meltwater or something else has been helping to nourish the deep-sea creatures. “This is all very much an area of ...