Experts uncovered <a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ice-fish-nest-antarctica-breeding-colony-largest-group">the largest colony of breeding fish in the world.</a> Five hundred meters below the Weddell Sea in Antarctica lies approximately 60 million active nests of a type of icefish. This is the first time scientists have encountered such a huge number, as they usually only discover a handful of icefish nests at a time, or<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00300-021-02913-5"> perhaps just several dozen</a>.The discovery was made by deep-sea biologist Autun Purser of the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, Germany, and his colleagues. This team of experts was on a research cruise in the area, studying chemical connections between surface waters and the seafloor.Image credit: Alfred Wegener Institute, PS124 OFOBS team#discovery #science #marinebiology #icefish #Antarctica