What drives this phenomenon known as deep-sea gigantism? How can understanding what’s going on at the bottom of the sea ...

Scientists have captured stunning video of a dinner-plate-size sea spider crawling on the seafloor off the South Sandwich ...

Creepy crawly alert! In the icy South Atlantic, researchers have photographed a fascinating-looking creature at a depth of ...

While operating the deep-sea robot nearly 7,000 feet below the surface, the machine’s camera captured a creature that ...

Their sometimes “abundantly large” size is attributed to a phenomenon seen in polar regions called deep-sea gigantism, the institute said. “Immense pressure and frigid temperatures ...

They may be “abundant” and “abundantly large” in polar regions due to “deep-sea gigantism”, a phenomenon of several deep-sea animals growing larger than their shallow-water relatives.

Their metabolism is incredibly slow - a giant isopod kept in captivity in Japan reportedly survived for five years without eating. Giant isopods express deep-sea gigantism, reaching in excess of 30 ...