A23a, once the largest iceberg in the world, will soon disappear because of warmer waters

A23a is drifting in waters where the temperature is well above freezing, and is ‘rapidly breaking up’ into several ‘very ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN

Researchers Discover “Death Ball” Sponge and Dozens of Other Bizarre Deep-Sea Creatures in the Southern Ocean

Researchers have discovered 30 previously unknown deep-sea species in the remote ocean surrounding Antarctica, they announced ...
Discover Magazine

Carnivorous Death-Ball Sponge and Other New Species Have Been Found in the Deep Sea

Learn about the new deep-sea species discovered in the Southern Ocean, including a "death-ball" sponge that uses a deadly ...
IFLScience on MSN

Carnivorous "Death-Ball" Sponge Among 30 New Deep-Sea Weirdos Discovered In The Southern Ocean

There's always a lot going on in the deep ocean, but anyone who had “carnivorous 'death-ball' sponge” on their bingo card for ...
LAist

Largest iceberg breaks up

It's been a long and unusual journey for the world's largest iceberg, known as A23a, but it's ending in a relatively usual way: breaking apart and melting in the warmer waters of the South Atlantic ...

They were searching for a legendary ship at the bottom of the Antarctic Ocean and stumbled upon something entirely different

The main goal of the expedition had been to locate, map, and capture images of the Endurance, the historic ship from Shackleton’s 1915 expedition that sank in the same area. However, during their ...