LOS ANGELES -- Cinematographer and explorer Bertie Gregory takes viewers on a thrilling adventure to meet some of nature's most fascinating creatures. National Geographic's "Animals Up Close with ...

In the deep seas found at the Earth’s poles, explorers are still finding elusive and mysterious sea creatures. On an expedition in the Southern Ocean, researchers captured stunning video of the ...

Unprecedented footage of an elusive deep-sea creature came to light this week. On an expedition through the Southern Ocean last Christmas Day, researchers discovered the Gonatus antarcticus, a ...

Wondering which Antarctic cruise to choose? Polar cruise enthusiast and former expedition guide, Sue Halliwell, offers some ...

Hundreds of emperor penguin chicks have lost their way and halted at the edge of a cliff on Antarctica’s ice shelf. These are young penguins around six months old, about to take their first swim.

A mysterious squid found only in the frigid, deep waters near Antarctica has been spotted alive in the wild for the first time. In December, scientists filmed a three-foot-long Antarctic gonate squid ...

The tourists aboard the boat took the penguin to the safety of an iceberg, where its fellow flock members awaited.

WASHINGTON -- National Geographic is marking World Oceans Day by recognizing the Southern Ocean as the Earth's fifth ocean. While all of the planet's ocean waters are interconnected, National ...

The squid species had only been known from dead specimens found in fishing nets or the stomachs of other animals. ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute A mysterious squid found only in the frigid, ...