National Lottery support will help secure RRS Discovery’s future as one of the world’s most important historic vessels.

Just one life-saving machine is still limping along at the isolated outpost. Back-up systems have thrown in the towel. As ...

Two research expeditions have captured the first footage of two squid species — a colossal squid and a glacial glass squid — ...

Colossal squid, scientifically known as Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, can reach about 23 feet long and weigh up to 1,100 pounds.

STRANGE creatures dredged up from the Antarctica seafloor by scientists may have previously been undiscovered. Australian ...

Four scientists, aflutter with discovery, announced Tuesday that they were the first to film two rare squid species alive, in their natural environments. They were part of a remote ...

Since its discovery in 1925, only eight adult specimens have been reported, severely limiting scientists’ ability to research ...

The ‘David Packard’ is named for the Silicon Valley pioneer who donated more than $1 billion to ocean research.

A baby colossal squid was filmed in the deep sea by an ocean expedition near Antarctica. The world's largest squid has eluded ...

A team of scientists set out on the research ship Falkor (too) in February for a 35-day expedition off the South Sandwich Islands, a chain of subantarctic islands. Their main goal was to use a ...

Scientists on an icebreaker ship have captured a number of weird and wacky animals from Antarctica's ocean floor, including a bizarre pig-shaped creature.

The NSF is beginning an operational retreat from Antarctica. Both the aging U.S. facilities and the research itself are ...