Protecting remaining strongholds and minimising human impacts on food sources will be crucial to avoiding further population ...

After months of floating, the "megaberg" known as A23a has finally come to a halt roughly 50 miles from South Georgia Island ...

The Scenic Eclipse is one of only a few Antarctic vessels to carry a submarine. The submarine—the Scenic Neptune —can carry ...

Meet some of Antarctica's iconic species – emperor penguins and Weddell seals – and learn how they use the ice. Just outside ...

Most Antarctic trips explore the western peninsula departing from South America for about 10 days. This is the most beautiful ...

Our new research opens a window on the past of Adélie penguins in Antarctica, going back 6,000 years. It also offers a surprise glimpse into the shrinking world of southern elephant seals over ...

Southern elephant seals are the "canary in the coal mine" for the Southern Ocean, offering insight into how the ecosystem may ...

Southern elephant seals are the 'canary in the coal mine' for the Southern Ocean, offering insight into how the ecosystem may react to future climate change and human impact, new research shows.

Studies on Antarctica have documented how temperatures ... In the middle of an active volcano at the bottom of the world, dozens of fur seals bask in blowing wet snow. They are mostly unfussed ...

"Although these seals no longer breed on the Antarctic ... report the recovery of ancient DNA from terrestrial sediments in Antarctica." More information: Jamie R. Wood et al, Sedimentary DNA ...