Groundbreaking study reveals parental care in giant Antarctic sea spiders. (Photo: Rob Robbins) Researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa have uncovered the long-hidden reproductive habits of giant sea spiders in Antarctica, solving a mystery that has puzzled...
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. Last January,...
Taking in vast amounts of water and krill at once, then squeezing the water out of their closed mouths and eating the animals hanging in their baleen is the recipe for success of baleen whales like humpback or blue whales. But why don’t all whale species do...
Grant’s caribou are one of the largest populations of caribou in the world and make the longest migration of any land animal. Image: Florian Shulz The great movements of caribou herds in northern Alaska are thousands of years old. The soil of the great prairies...
Leopard seals are the top Antarctic predators and can use their jaws to sift krill from the water as well as eat whole penguins and seals. Thanks to this plasticity in food, they survive even the harshest conditions in Antarctica. Image: Dr Michael Wenger Leopard...