Antarctica is a land of extremes. Its harsh winds, icy landscapes, and bone-chilling temperatures seem like an environment where life shouldn’t exist. Yet, somehow, a handful of animals not only ...

Antarctica, the frozen continent at the edge of the world, is home to breathtaking mysteries and untouched landscapes. During a daring scientific expedition, researchers uncovered bizarre and ...

Sharks are ancient creatures—even older than land dinosaurs —and they’ve evolved to swim in almost all the world’s ocean ...

Sleeper sharks live extraordinarily long lives and can thrive in near-freezing ocean temperatures near Earth's poles.

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 ...

During recent Antarctic expeditions, researchers spotted a rare, poorly understood species: the Arnoux’s beaked whale, according to a new study. Photo from the journal Marine Mammal Science While ...

Jessica Farrer–a marine biologist who serves as Research Director at The Whale Museum, and part of the team of scientists working temporarily in Antarctica Peninsula, profiled in “Expedition Killer ...

On the freezing waves of the Southern Ocean around Antarctica, researchers aboard the ARSV Laurence M. Gould dropped a trawling net into the water. They were hoping to catch zooplankton, but when the ...