The Sea Life Sydney Aquarium recently had to say goodbye to one of its most famous residents: the gentoo penguin Sphen. His same-sex partnership with Magic made headlines worldwide, bringing the couple international fame.
A surprising technique has helped scientists observe how Earth’s oceans are changing, and it’s not using specialized robots or artificial intelligence. It’s tagging seals.
Take a look under the rocks of the sub-Antarctic islands and you’ll probably see a spider crawling out. A study shows that they were not introduced by explorers.
It was an eventful weekend in Greenland’s capital, following the arrest of an international activist firmly opposed to whaling.
The project to extend the marine park of the Australian archipelago closest to Antarctica has just been opened to public consultation, and the question of fishing is inevitably on the agenda. Survey.
The growth of tourism in Antarctica is not without concern for the Treaty’s Consultative Parties. In a press release issued at the end of the Kochi meetings, its Secretariat announced its intention to provide a better framework for this activity. But views still differ widely.
Like Leonardo da Vinci in his day, Danish physicists at Roskilde University are interested in animal proportions.
The study analyzed data across the Southern Ocean from 2006 until 2021.
In Antarctica, silverfish account for 90% of fish populations and as well as being at the heart of the food chain, they also lay eggs, which benefits the entire water column and the bottom of the continental shelf. An important aspect within the carbon cycle and climate stability.
Cash-strapped scientists in Antarctica face ‘unimaginable’ challenges — from sampling a lethal virus on floating ice to fighting a ‘climate’ threat that could kill millions of wildlife, and even humans. Despite calls for global assistance, 29 states meeting in India next month remain entrenched in Cold War-era secrecy.
Penguins and researchers have been living together for over 50 years in Terre Adélie, where scientists from the Centre d’études biologiques de Chizé count birds and measure stress hormones in Adélie penguins in order to gain a better understanding of the impact of the environment and human activity on their life cycle.
Documentary filmmaker Bertie Gregory was the first to capture the bold leaps of Emperor penguin chicks from high ice cliffs in unique drone footage for National Geographic.
How can we distinguish between calls of recognition and those of distress in a dense penguin breeding colony? The answer lies in the infrared radiation of these animals.
Blue whales form a unique population around Antarctica and CCAMLR should minimise the human impact on the species around the continent, according to a study published in Animal Conservation.
Initial results from an international expedition along the West Antarctic Peninsula reveal that Adélie penguins are unaffected carriers of avian flu.
The two most common species of penguin in the South Georgia archipelago have just shown signs of vulnerability to the avian flu virus.
Antarctic krill is only slightly contaminated with microplastics and is therefore well suited for monitoring the contamination of the Southern Ocean with microplastics.
A contemporary French diplomat, Olivier Poivre d’Arvor projects himself into the year 2048, when the Antarctic Treaty expires, the balance of power shifts towards mining or maintaining the embargo, and it becomes possible to communicate with birds.
The crew of the Sea Shepherd vessel “Allankay” recently documented how six supertrawlers sailed through a large group of hundreds of feeding whales to catch huge amounts of krill.
The release period after the breeding season can quickly resemble a sea voyage where the penguins have to choose one route over another… a story of compromise.
Southern elephant seals don’t fast completely during the drastic moulting period, but they may well go into the water, drink and perhaps even hunt, contrary to what has been established so far.
Male Southern elephant seals are extremely picky when it comes to food, with each animal apparently having its own favorite food.
Produced by human and volcanic activity or melting ice, mercury concentrations are increasing in Antarctic food chains, particularly in the Ross Sea, according to a study by Fanny Cusset and her colleagues.
GET YOURSELF THE POLARJOURNAL APP!! 
