In January 2026, researchers completed a drilling project beneath 1,716 feet of ice in West Antarctica, recovering evidence of an ocean that once lay open to sunlight
In March 2025, a baby colossal squid was filmed alive in its natural habitat for the first time, a translucent animal about a foot long drifting 1,968 feet down near the South Sandwich Islands. The species was named a century earlier from two arm crowns recovered from a sperm whale's stomach.