This is, to the best of my knowledge, the first live footage of this animal worldwide,” Kat Bolstad of Auckland University of ...

In the deep seas found at the Earth’s poles, explorers are still finding elusive and mysterious sea creatures. On an ...

Whether it’s their stunning appearance or their ruthless quest for survival, these are some of the most captivating species of sea animals explorers ... Marine National Monument in Hawaii.

A mysterious Antarctic squid was found alive for the first time in December. Footage of the unprecedented encounter has now ...

For the first time, Antarctic krill have been found on seafloor vents. One scientist is working to figure out what they are ...

Since 2022, sea urchins have been plagued by a scuticociliate, a single-celled pathogen that eats away at the animals’ soft tissue and makes their spines fall off. A mass die-off that started in ...

During their brief encounter, the researchers used a laser to measure the squid's size and observed its behavior in the wild.

They’re also widely beloved, the kind of animal you rarely hear of people ... Photograph by Joel Sartore, National Geographic Photo Ark “They’re a paragon of survival, and it would be ...

Scientists on a research expedition in the Southern Ocean captured the first footage of a living Gonatus antarcticus squid.

National Geographic researchers made a breakthrough discovery in the Southern Ocean - capturing the first-ever footage of a ...

Though not as large as the giant squid or colossal squid, three feet is a significant size under the pressures of life 3,000 ...

A mysterious squid found only in the frigid, deep waters near Antarctica has been spotted alive in the wild for the first ...