The new predatory sponge was found by divers 11,800 feet deep east of Montagu Island off the coast of Antarctica.

A standout discovery was this new predatory sponge. Its spherical form is covered in tiny hooks that trap prey.

Sulfur Cave is a subterranean network of interconnected limestone chambers, with the entrance in Greece, and the body of the ...

This newly-discovered species is being called the “death-ball sponge” for its appendages, which end in orbs and are covered ...

The second expedition took researchers to the Southern Ocean’s Bellingshausen Sea, off West Antarctica. The team was the ...

Scientists are revolutionizing how new marine species are described through the Ocean Species Discoveries initiative. Using advanced lab techniques, researchers recently unveiled 14 new species from ...

A scientific enclave at the southern tip of Chile has become the epicenter of a major biological revelation: the confirmation ...

Learn about the new deep-sea species discovered in the Southern Ocean, including a "death-ball" sponge that uses a deadly ...

Researchers are not even halfway through analyzing the thousands of samples collected from the Southern Ocean, but they've ...

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A total of thirty new creatures were discovered during the expedition, scouring seafloor habitats near Montagu and Saunders ...

The expedition also revealed a new species of armoured and iridescent scale worms, called Eulagisca sp. nov., as well as ...