Decline of penguins recorded on subantarctic island
On Macquarie Island, researchers are noting a large decline in breeding success among king and gentoo penguins and fear the same for the other species.
On Macquarie Island, researchers are noting a large decline in breeding success among king and gentoo penguins and fear the same for the other species.
The British Antarctic Survey is calling for students 15 and under to enter an Antarctic station drawing contest.
Ice that forms below the ocean surface in Antarctica apparently plays an important role in the global conveyor belt of ocean currents and possibly in nutrient cycles.
The British Overseas Territory of the South Sandwich Islands are immortalized on a four-part stamp series by Pobjoy Mint.
Modern polar marine animals help scientists understand the conditions to which the first living creatures in the cold regions were exposed.
In the seafloor in the Scotia Sea, researchers found DNA that is up to a million years old.
According to a recent report, sexual harassment and discrimination against women occurs repeatedly on Australian Antarctic stations.
The magma chamber of Mount Erebus is a 100-kilometer-long tube through which melted rock is transported from the Earth’s mantle into the lava lake.
McMurdo Station will now be able to offer not-quite-high-speed internet
One of America’s leading sources of science funding is putting artists and teachers where the sun doesn’t shine (for half of the year)
The “Swiss Polar Class” program by the Swiss Polar Institute brings the Arctic and Antarctic into Swiss classrooms and society.
The colony in Atka Bay where microplastics have not yet accumulated in the food web is located far from regions of high human activity.
The new Mertz Fellowship Program aims to build long-term scientific collaboration by supporting early-career researchers.
Emperor penguin chicks near Germany’s Neumayer III Station migrate up to 600 km farther north than previously thought.
Weddell seals and certain Antarctic fish have developed unique genetic adaptations that allow them to live in the cold of Antarctica.
A research team has produced a scientifically based ranking of the largest glaciers, showing that the Antarctic Peninsula is the record holder.
A group of researchers has sampled an ice core in the Transantarctic Mountains that could be up to 5 million years old.
The bidding process for the construction of the Centro Antártico Internacional in Punta Arenas, Chile, has begun.
The project examines krill distribution in winter and potential impacts of krill fisheries on krill-dependent predators.
A new study shows how penguins made the leap from the tropics to Antarctica during their evolution.
Never before did scientists observe so many Antarctic fish with skin tumors
The British Antarctic Survey has worked with partners to create a data portal containing extensive detail on ecology, environmental conditions, and human activities in South Georgia’s Marine Protected Area.
The bacteria and genes found could pose a global health risk as climate change progresses.
America’s coast-guard brass has admitted that its new icebreakers may arrive too late