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

On the remote island of Shearwater, between Australia and Antarctica, stands a state-of-the-art research centre and seed ...

When an iceberg the size of Chicago broke off from one of Antarctica's massive floating ... they were in place and began using autonomous underwater vehicles called gliders to quickly inventory ...

A23a has run aground in the Southern Ocean after years adrift. But could it continue on its collision course in the future?

The bladderwort grows aquatically, and consists of rootless leafy stems below the waterline, with yellow flowers resembling ...

In Antarctica's freezing depths, tiny creatures have mastered survival tactics that could unlock secrets to extreme cold resistance, with implications for science and medicine. Some of the most ...

Satellite data reveal a link between the amount of black carbon in the atmosphere and rates of Antarctic sea ice loss in recent years.

Transplanting seagrass meadows? Yes, it's possible -- and it works! The proof is in Monaco, with the successful transplantation of 384 m of Posidonia oceanica. Posidonia oceanica is an essential ...

In the frigid waters originally hidden below, scientists discovered what appear to be new species of crustaceans, fish and other life forms.

The prevalence of seagrass throughout human civilisation has fostered spiritual and cultural relations with these underwater ...