Scientists studied sea animals from Argentina’s Mar del Plata Canyon. In two weeks, they found 57 new kinds and five new groups of related animals. Most animals came from a 2025 sea trip. More than four million people watched live videos of the trip.
An orange sea star looked like the cartoon character Patrick Star. But it was not a new kind. Scientists also found a sea cucumber with two horns. They called it Loki. They found 20 new kinds of tiny animals called copepods. They still need to check 90% of the copepod samples.
The new animals still need full scientific descriptions. Scientists also found plastic and fishing trash. Even this faraway place shows signs of human activity.
