The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015 ...

In a remarkable discovery, scientists have pinpointed the cause behind an unusual and major event in Antarctica. During the ...

"We've had the rare opportunity to confirm it, using solid, long-term data." Scientists issue warning after studying ...

In 2022, an international team of scientists sent a 20-foot-long autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) named “Ran” to traverse ...

A team of international scientists circumnavigating Antarctica has documented widespread environmental decline, including ...

Populations of Antarctic seals have halved over 50 years amid a warming climate and shrinking sea ice, a new study has shown.

Researchers measured the amount of nitrogen and carbon in the whiskers, which tells them the kinds of animals the leopard ...

A new study shows that melting sea ice due to increasing temperatures is leading to a "concerning" and severe decline in ...

A new study of Antarctic seals shows that environmental conditions are leading to a severe decline in their populations in the South Orkney Islands. New results are published today (Wednesday 18 June) ...

A seal lies on an ice floe near Antarctica's Fournier Bay in 2020. A series of very low Antarctic sea ice extents recorded over the last few years suggest that climate change might finally be ...

- Antarctic fur seals need ice-free ground in order to breed. This is a population that experts thought would be climate change winners, that they would be doing better as the climate warmed, ...

Leopard seals may be best known for their diet of penguins, but as generalist predators, they enjoy prey from all trophic levels. This includes the pups of other seals, such as crabeater, southern ...