New research suggests a distinct lineage of elephant seals were well established in New Zealand at the time of human arrival.

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

Elephant seals likely expanded from ice-free refuges in temperate regions such as Tasmania and New Zealand onto newly ...

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 ...