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Scientists, including from British Antarctic Survey, have used octopus DNA to discover that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) likely collapsed during the Last Interglacial period around 120,000 years ago – when the global temperatures were similar to today.

Plus, one ten-legged denizen everyone was surprised to find way down in the icy depths.

A who’s who of the new invertebrate crew steering Ernest Shackleton’s sunken ship in the Weddell Sea.

Ernest Shackleton left his ship behind in Antarctica. The ocean filled it with marine life, from anemones to sea squirts.

In the Weddell Sea near Antarctica, scientists have found the largest colony of fish nests in the world, covering 240 square kilometres

Last Updated: Scientists accidentally Discover Life Far Underneath The Ice Shelves Of The Antarctic The discovery was made by scientists from British Antarctic Survey, who accidentally stumbled upon the stationary animals while collecting sediment samples. Scientists have discovered life underneath the Antarctic ice shelf, where it was previously thought no living things could survive. The discovery was made by scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS), who accidentally stumbled upon ...

Far underneath the ice shelves of the Antarctic, there's more life than expected, finds a recent study in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science,...

British Antarctic Survey A British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientist departs Germany today (8 January 2021) onboard the research vessel SONNE to study the diversity of marine organisms in the Atlantic deep sea. Dr Katrin Linse, and a team of 20 researchers, intend to collect samples from the seabed in the Iceland Basin to the Azores at depths between 4,000 and 5,000 metres. The team will map the ocean floor using hydroacoustics. The team hopes that the IceDivA expedition will contribute to a be...