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

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

The aquariums said its aerial survey team spotted three True’s beaked whales, a species “rarely seen at the surface,” while above the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument off the ...

Thirty previously unknown deep-sea species, including a carnivorous “death-ball” sponge, have been confirmed from one of the ...

Scientists have discovered 30 new species in the deep recesses of the Southern Ocean, including iridescent scale worms and a ...

Rare footage of a bigfin squid captured by a ROV deployed 11,000 feet deep in the Tonga Trench. Credit: Deep Sea Research ...

Scientists have discovered 30 previously unknown deep-sea species, including a carnivorous death ball sponge, in the remote parts of the Southern Ocean.

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There's always a lot going on in the deep ocean, but anyone who had “carnivorous 'death-ball' sponge” on their bingo card for ...

Scientists have discovered 30 new deep-sea species in the Southern Ocean, including the ominously nicknamed “death-ball” ...