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Scientists Uncover a Frozen History in 6,000 Years’ Worth of Penguin Poop, Revealing Past Ecology on Antarctica
Sediment samples from the Ross Sea coastline are revealing insights into how animals like elephant seals and Adélie penguins ...
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The World's Largest Iceberg Ran Aground Near A Remote Island In Antarctica, Which Might Benefit The Wildlife There
After months of drifting through the ocean, the world’s largest iceberg has finally run aground near a remote island in […] ...
Avian Flu is Tearing Through the Antarctic Peninsula
"The great advantage of Antarctica is that one never gets ill," said Robert Scott. A lot can change in 100 years, and H5N1 is ...
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Dinosaurs: Facts about the reptiles that roamed Earth more than 66 million years ago
Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...
World's biggest iceberg runs aground off Antarctica
The world's biggest iceberg, which is almost four times the size of Canberra, has run aground near a remote island off ...
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Inside Antarctica’s plague-infested penguin colonies
A team from EL PAÍS joins the Spanish expedition which has detected the spread of deadly avian flu among Antarctic fauna ...
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Talking Animals: New episode of PBS’ “Nature” documents unique Antarctica Killer Whales with previously unfilmed behaviors
Jessica Farrer–a marine biologist who serves as Research Director at The Whale Museum, and part of the team of scientists working temporarily in Antarctica Peninsula, profiled in “Expedition Killer ...
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Penguin Forms an Unlikely Friendship with an Antarctic Engineer
The vast ice fields of barren whiteness stretch toward the horizon, creating one of the most isolated environments on the ...
DNA detectives in Antarctica: probing 6,000 years of penguin poo for clues to the past
New ancient DNA research on Adélie penguin poo in Antarctica shows how several species respond to environmental change over ...
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Scientists Just Found The Oldest Modern Bird Buried in the Antarctic Ice
During the late Cretaceou period, the landmass that is now Antarctica would have been more like a temperate rainforest, capable of supporting all forms of life. And, maybe most importantly ...
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Who Is Protecting Antarctica’s Environment?
Global warming also heats and acidifies the ocean, which, as current models suggest, diminishes the ability of animals to find sufficient prey to maintain nutrition or even reproduce. Antarctica ...