A marine researcher says he has video evidence of the first recorded shark in the Antarctic Ocean ...

The shark, estimated to be 3 to 4 meters long, appeared at a depth of about 490 meters, where water temperatures hovered just ...

Sleeper shark recorded in Antarctica’s near-freezing deep waters ...

Scientists are sounding the alarm over the spread of bird flu across Antarctica, with a leading Chilean researcher telling AFP Tuesday of an observed strain "capable of killing 100% of infected fauna.

Scientists have captured footage of a sleeper shark farther south than ever before, suggesting this Antarctic ocean is not shark-free ...

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The simulations showed that the gravity hole was initially much less pronounced. Between roughly 50 million and 30 million years ago, however, it intensified significantly. This period coincides with ...

In January 2025, a deep-sea camera captured a sleeper shark cruising 490 meters below the surface in Antarctic waters — the ...

A large shark was caught on camera for the first time in Antarctica's waters, surprising researchers. "There's a general rule of thumb that you don't get sharks in Antarctica," one said.

A sleeper shark appeared on camera for the first time at more than 1,500 feet beneath the Antarctic Ocean’s surface, exceeding depths experts thought sharks could exist in that part of the world.

The southern sleeper shark is a large, slow-moving species of deepwater shark typically found across the Southern Ocean from central Chile to the sub-Antarctic Islands. While it is well adapted to ...