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Rare deep-sea squid captured alive on camera for the first time

Ellsworth Toohey
Jun 11, 2025
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First-known sighting of the squid Gonatus antarcticus alive, spotted by researchers on the National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Expedition in the Southern Ocean. (Photo and video by ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute)

National Geographic researchers made a breakthrough discovery in the Southern Ocean — capturing the first-ever footage of a…

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