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...
Tara Polar Station is expected to be ready by early 2025. Fully prepared for the Oceans Summit to be held on June 7 in Nice, France. Image: François Dourlen / Tara Ocean Foundation The Fondation Tara Océan’s unique, mobile, drifting polar station was no more...
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...
To the east of the Kerguelen Plateau, the polar front is rising, favouring prey aggregation off the Courbet Peninsula. This is an ideal situation for southern elephant seals. Here, a male chases off a rival. Image: Camille Lin From the beaches of the Southern Ocean,...
A volcanic vent at great depth. (Photo: Ocean Census) The “Ocean Census Arctic Deep” expedition aims to redefine our understanding of the biodiversity of the deepest marine habitats of the Arctic Ocean. The Arctic remains one of the least explored regions...
