When sea ice forms later, the communities of tiny algae that live within it change too. Detecting these early signals now ...

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 ...

This was no ordinary expedition. It marked the first in-depth study of the geology, ocean conditions, and marine life beneath ...

Read More About Underwater Animals: This article was originally published on mentalfloss.com as Sea Pigs, Sea Spiders, and More Bizarre Creatures Collected Off Antarctica.

In February 2007, fishermen in the Ross Sea, located south of Antarctica and often called “the last ocean” due to its remoteness, accidentally caught one of these creatures. According to Hoyt ...

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute captured footage of a giant phantom jelly with ribbon-like arms over 30 feet ...

Off Antarctica, the biggest mystery isn’t ... glacial meltwater or something else has been helping to nourish the deep-sea creatures. “This is all very much an area of active scientific ...

Australia is surrounded by the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. And it is morphing as sea animals and birds bring it ever ...

Social media posts are claiming to disprove the effects of climate change in Antarctica by comparing the amount of sea ice ...

Penguin droppings release ammonia that forms clouds, affecting Antarctica's climate and potentially slowing warming.