Discover how the Antarctic midge, Antarctica's only native insect, survives extreme cold through unique adaptations.

mirroring the plague that killed hundreds of sea elephants and fur seals in Antarctica last year. However, after carrying out autopsies on the deceased animals, veterinarians and pathologists drew ...

For nearly a month the French territory of Amsterdam Island in the southern Indian Ocean has been engulfed in flames. Located ...

Rising temperatures in Antarctica have seen two species of plants ... such as a declining fur seal population, the link with a warming climate is clear, says Cannone. The increase in temperature ...

Here, we analysed 42 scats of male Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) collected in late summer at Deception Island (South Shetland Islands), which allowed us to assess the presence of ...

The world's largest iceberg is on a collision course with a remote British island, potentially putting penguins and seals in ...

The world's largest iceberg is on the move, and could be set to reach a remote British island. Known as the 'queen of icebergs', it's spinning northwards from Antarctica towards South Georgia, a ...

UAF scientists have found microplastics in all marine species they’ve studied so; new results show transfer from mother seals ...