It’s cold down there, but life finds a way
7:00 AM CDT on July 30, 2026
This mesmerizing deep sea creature is the Arctic bobtail squid (Rossia moelleri), and the photo you’re looking at—snapped by researchers using a remote camera—is the first image ever captured of it in its natural habitat.
As an extra bonus, egg clusters from the squid were also photographed, giving experts an unprecedented look at the life and reproduction of this cephalopod. The photo was captured in the Kong Oscar Fjord in Northeast Greenland National Park, and an account of the recording has been published in Polar Biology.
A number of signals were used to identify the species, including its morphology and the placement of the eggs on a hard substrate—in this case, a sheltered fjord wall.
