Researchers collected strange sea animals, including poisonous sea pigs and hand-sized sea spiders, while sailing to the ...

From diving off cliffs to starving for months, emperor penguins are continuing to surprise scientists with their ability to ...

Scientists on an icebreaker ship have captured a number of weird and wacky animals from Antarctica's ocean floor, including a ...

A baby colossal squid was filmed in the deep sea by an ocean expedition near Antarctica. The world's largest squid has eluded ...

Scientists found "a beautiful, thriving ecosystem" in a dark and isolated location: The former shadow of a glacier.

Expedition reveals rare glimpse of one of the sea’s most mysterious predators ...

Two research expeditions have captured the first footage of two squid species — a colossal squid and a glacial glass squid — ...

A team of scientists set out on the research ship Falkor (too) in February for a 35-day expedition off the South Sandwich Islands, a chain of subantarctic islands. Their main goal was to use a ...

NBC’s Chase Cain reports from Antarctica, where melting ice is accelerating sea level rise and disrupting global weather ...

One of the biggest challenges in predicting Antarctica's deeply uncertain future is understanding exactly what's driving its ice loss. A vast network of lakes and streams lies beneath the thick ...

When volcanic eruptions make headlines, the images often depict fiery lava and towering ash clouds. But beneath Antarctica’s ...

This cephalopod can grow to more than 20 feet and has proved elusive in its deep-sea environs. By Elizabeth Preston In March, Kat Bolstad returned from an Antarctic expedition where she had used a ...