Fur seals and elephant seals share the Southern Ocean using very different hunting tactics. To find out more, read this article in Polar Journal AG. Image : Christophe Guinet By Lilian Dove, Brown University A surprising technique has helped scientists observe how...
The age of the oldest toothfish specimen in Australian naturalist collections has been estimated at around sixty years. Image: Christophe Delpont / TAAF The project to extend the marine park of the Australian archipelago closest to Antarctica has just been opened to...
In their book “Antarctica – A History in 100 Objects”, authors Jean de Pomereu (left) and Daniella McCahey have created more than just a collection of objects related to Antarctica. Instead, it is a lively and exciting journey through the past,...
Well researched on the surface, but still full of unanswered questions underwater: these are the Antarctic coastal regions. New studies are now providing some relief. Picture: Michael Wenger The polar retrospective picks up on events of the past week related to the...
The study of the social transmission of stress between penguin parents and chicks, already known in other seabird species, could be carried out using infrared images. Images from left to right: Antoine Stier / French Polar Institute; Lord McPlouf / French Polar...
