the animal “thrusts its straw-like proboscis into the animal’s flesh, then sucks out its insides like a smoothie,” according to the aquarium. The South Sandwich Islands are east of Argentina and north ...

Giant deep-sea spider spotted crawling on ocean floor near Antarctica - Researchers suspect species grows so large partly due to cold temperatures of their environment ...

The foul stench of penguin poop sets Antarctic krill on edge. In lab experiments, the mere scent of penguin droppings — or guano — sent krill scrambling for escape, researchers report March 20 in ...

Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...

Sediment samples from the Ross Sea coastline are revealing insights into how animals like elephant seals and Adélie penguins ...

Avian flu has wreaked havoc in other parts of the world. According to the World Organization for Animal Health, the United ...

The vast ice fields of barren whiteness stretch toward the horizon, creating one of the most isolated environments on the ...

As the iceberg melts, its released elements can alter the physics and chemistry of the ocean, propelling particles from the ocean’s surface to its bottom and thereby locking some of the planet’s ...