Southern giant petrels (Macronectes giganteus) are large predators, weighing between 3 and 5 kg. Image: Lucas Krüger Like the albatross, the giant petrel could be used to monitor fisheries in the Antarctic. Opportunistic, its home range allows it to cover a vast...
Passage of the Marion Dufresne II carrying, for example, the logistics of the French Polar Institute for the study of penguins in the colony of Marin Bay, on Possession Island of the Crozet Archipelago. Image: Camille Lin Penguins are suspected of using the...
Antarctic petrels follow other congeners and hunt krill (mainly) on the surface, sometimes they can dive up to one meter. Image: Nigel Voaden Never observed before in this region of Antarctica, a massive decline in reproduction strikes birds that gather in colonies of...
When the great albatross flies, its wing joints lock to be rigid, and its bones are hollow to be light. Photo: Michael Wenger Albatrosses fly over the waves, using the force of the wind to their advantage. They learn from their fellows to get closer to the fishing...
