Scientists find new species of life after iceberg breaks off Antarctica
A gigantic iceberg cracked off Antarctica on Jan. 13, revealing a swath of ocean that had not seen daylight in decades. Researchers decided to search the seafloor under the freshly exposed ocean. What ...
A huge iceberg broke off Antarctica. What scientists found under it startled them.
It’s the kind of event that when it happens, you leave whatever you’re doing,” said Patricia Esquete, the expedition’s chief scientist.
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Voters Crown the ‘World’s Ugliest Animal’ as New Zealand’s Fish of the Year
The blobfish is specially adapted to life in the deep ocean, but it looks like a shapeless blob when brought to the surface.
My team discovered ‘dark oxygen’ on the seafloor – now we’re trying to understand how it was made
The discovery of dark oxygen has shifted our understanding of the deep sea and potentially life on Earth. But we still don’t ...
‘Abundantly large’ deep-sea creature — ‘all legs’ — found off Antarctica. See it
The ecosystem is home to seamounts, hydrothermal vents, deep-sea trenches and species found only in its freezing water. They are called the South Sandwich Islands, and researchers with the Schmidt ...
Blobfish, once dubbed 'world's ugliest animal,' named fish of the year in New Zealand
Once dubbed the "world's ugliest animal," the blobfish – scientific name Psychrolutes marcidus – has been named New Zealand's ...
A tiny deep sea robot took a dive into Earth's deepest trench
Separately, the researchers also developed a soft gripper, which can be attached to a rigid robot. It was tested in the South ...