Sea ice in the Antarctic has dropped to a near-record low, according to the EU's Copernicus Marine Service.

Sea ice extent is at record, and near record, lows for this time of year in both polar regions, leaving the planet ...

Forgive me for starting with superlatives, but I have no choice. I’m not the first. In 1911, Roald Amundsen, the first ...

Climate change is also driving penguins to colonize new areas, or to stay in regions longer than they normally would, ...

The study suggests that even the faintest hint of penguin droppings in the water is enough to prompt krill into escape ...

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.

Just a faint whiff of penguin poop pushes their favorite prey to take "frantic" evasive action, reveals new research.

Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) are an iconic species of the Southern Ocean. But with rapid environmental changes ...

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

Come February 2025 this solid ice is gone. It's a different scene - open ocean, with a pod of orca cruising by, on the hunt for the seals. This is the annual sea ice cycle in Antarctica, a vital ...

The team has detected it in 24 of the 27 sites visited, in nine bird species (cormorants, kelp gulls, Antarctic pigeons, southern fulmars, skuas, giant petrels, and three types of penguins) and four ...

They’re food by the millions for seals and penguins and whales ... Increasingly, though, Antarctic krill face threats from warming seas and a growing fishery. Scientists say that without ...