Sediment samples from the Ross Sea coastline are revealing insights into how animals like elephant seals and Adélie penguins ...

Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...

Researchers stationed at a remote base in the frozen waste of Antarctica have begged for rescue after one member of the team ...

A team from EL PAÍS joins the Spanish expedition which has detected the spread of deadly avian flu among Antarctic fauna ...

A researcher at an isolated base in Antarctica sent a worrying email, accusing another team member of physical and sexual ...

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 ...

New ancient DNA research on Adélie penguin poo in Antarctica shows how several species respond to environmental change over ...

The world's biggest iceberg, which is almost four times the size of Canberra, has run aground near a remote island off ...

Dolphins live and hunt in large social groups called pods, and they communicate with each other using high-pitched clicks and ...

In Antarctica, the birds’ nutrient-rich guano ... hair and skin cells from other animal species. “We started digging down through the layers and, as you go down, you’re going back through ...

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 ...

Bacteria and other single-celled microorganisms in the seas around Antarctica are strongly influenced by water temperature ...