Sleeper sharks live extraordinarily long lives and can thrive in near-freezing ocean temperatures near Earth's poles.

Many experts had thought sharks didn’t exist in the frigid waters of Antarctica before this sleeper shark lumbered warily and ...

Sharks in Antarctica weren't supposed to be a thing. Most experts thought the water was too cold, too isolated from where sharks thrive. Then, in January 2025, a camera 1,600 feet deep off the South ...

A bulky shape drifted through dim water nearly half a kilometer below the Antarctic surface, moving slowly over a pale seabed. At first glance, it looked like something familiar.

A rare encounter with a southern sleeper shark in the deep, chilly waters of Antarctica’s Southern Ocean has scientists reimagining what fauna might live in such a harsh, extreme environment. Footage ...

Melbourne, Australia — An ungainly barrel of a shark cruising languidly over a barren seabed far too deep for the sun's rays to illuminate was an unexpected sight. Many experts had thought sharks didn ...

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Researchers filmed a 10-to-13-foot sleeper shark off the South Shetland Islands, in what may be the first recording of the species that far south. By Jenny Gross More than 1,600 feet below the ocean’s ...

But despite their size and ecological role - and their frequent bycatch in Northern Hemisphere fisheries - they remain poorly studied due to their deep-sea habitat. In fact, a lot of what we know ...