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

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists studied deep-sea lifeforms while tracking the effects of climate change on Antarctica’s Denman Glacier. While at sea, the scientists trawled up some unusual critters. The sea pig was ...

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 ...

As the planet warms, scientists say Antarctica's Denman Glacier is a ... Researchers on Australia's Antarctic icebreaker say some of the sea creatures they have been collecting could be new ...

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 ...

Iceberg A-84 broke off from Antarctica and revealed a thriving community of sea creatures underneath. Now, researchers are curious as to how these species have survived. Fracturing icebergs are ...

Until now, very little is known about creatures living beneath Antarctica's floating ice shelves ... several new species unknown to science. Deep-sea ecosystems typically rely on nutrients ...

The icebreaker ship left Tasmania to head for the coast of Antarctica ... sea pig spends its days snuffling though the muddy sediments on the seafloor, eating bits of dead algae and animals ...

In the south Atlantic, north of Antarctica ... While operating the deep-sea robot nearly 7,000 feet below the surface, the machine’s camera captured a creature that appeared to be “all ...