A strange deep-sea fish caught in 1989 off the coast of Antarctica has officially been identified as a new species after spending nearly forty years unnoticed in a Russian museum archive. Named ...

Researchers in the Antarctic Peninsula have discovered a new species of Antarctic dragonfish, a new journal study shows. The dragonfish, called the Banded Dragonfish or Akarotaxis gouldae, was ...

A new species of Antarctic dragonfish, Akarotaxis gouldae or Banded Dragonfish, has been discovered in waters off the western Antarctic Peninsula. The species, named in honor of the recently ...

The first icefish was discovered in 1927, swimming in the frigid waters of the southernmost extreme of the Earth, the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica. This unique fish had a see-through body and ...

Have you ever wondered how some life forms keep going in places so cold we’d call them frozen? Places humans wouldn't dare venture into? Deep in the icy waters around Antarctica dwell fish that thrive ...

About 10 million years ago, Antarctica's Southern Ocean started to get so cold that it scared away most fish in the region. Among the fish that stayed were what are now known as black rockcod, part of ...

TOPSHOT - Night view of glaciers at Chiriguano bay in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica on November 08, 2019. JOHAN ORDONEZ JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP via Getty Images A research team hunting zooplankton ...

During a routine exploration of the Antarctic beneath the ice, originally linked to an expedition searching for the wreck of the Endurance, the ship, researchers were surprised to observe patterned ...

Akarotaxis gouldae, a newly discovered species of Antarctic dragonfish, was named in honor of the recently decomissioned Antarctic research supply vessel Laurence M. Gould. (Image provided by Andrew ...