Antarctic scale worms, particularly the species Eulagisca gigantea, are deep-sea predators known for their alien-like ...

Tiny ocean zooplankton play a massive role in trapping carbon deep below the surface, offering a hidden buffer against ...

A 68 million-year-old egg the size of a football — the largest soft-shelled egg on record and the second largest egg ever discovered — might belong to a mosasaur, a reptilian sea monster that lived ...

Although the team’s stated goal is to capture footage of an adult colossal squid in its natural environment, according to ...

If snowy landscapes and penguins casually waddling past you are what dreams are made of, then Antarctica's icy wilderness ...

The Edinburgh-based firm, Christian Salvesen, operated whale processing ports at the aptly named Leith Harbour at Stromness ...

As the founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and the Captain Paul Watson Foundation, Watson has long stood at the ...

Cuteness can shift moods and lower cortisol, and science backs it up. Looking at baby animals, like a seal pup blinking on a ...

Polynyas are more than holes in Antarctic ice – they’re vital hotspots where marine life thrives and the ocean breathes ...

Volunteers with the Dolphin Discovery Centre in Bunbury, Australia, were on a lookout in Koombana Bay when they spotted an animal in the water much too large to be one of the dolphins they are used to ...

Modern-day environments in Antarctica contain ponds filled with life forms that closely resemble early multicellular ...

Islands are biodiversity hotspots. They only make up 5 percent of the world’s land mass, but they are home to 20 percent of ...