They found animal and marine life as deep as nearly 4,300 feet. The species in the newly discovered ecosystem include ...

And because this is one of the lowest tides this August, the water has drawn back like a curtain to expose an ecosystem ...

Scientists uncovered a thriving, never-before-seen ecosystem beneath Antarctica after a giant iceberg broke off.

Researchers took advantage of a rare chance to explore a new expanse of seafloor exposed by the breakup of an Antarctic ice ...

An iceberg the size of Chicago broke off am Antarctic ice shelf to reveal a thriving ecosystem underneath, according to ...

Photograph by ROV SuBastian, Schmidt Ocean Institute Normally ... To determine how long the ecosystem had existed, they turned to sea sponges. These animals often grow very slowly, around just ...

The researchers studied tissue from over 120 fish. They found that 50 to 60 percent of their diet came from ocean’s twilight ...

Scientists uncover a thriving ecosystem beneath an Antarctic glacier, revealing corals, octopuses, and giant sea spiders ...

When the fur trade wiped out North America’s sea otters in the early 20th century, sea urchins—a favorite otter food— ...

With the icebergs covering the seafloor, organisms below the shelf cannot get nutrients for survival from the surface. The ...

"We didn't expect to find such a beautiful, thriving ecosystem. Based on the size of the animals, the communities ... from colleague Researchers suspect ocean currents may be carrying nutrients ...

A colossal iceberg the size of Chicago has broken from a floating glacier in Antarctica, and like a retractable roof at a ...