Photo: cyfer13, CC BY 2.0 Leopard seals are solitary, powerful creatures, often patrolling the ice-choked waters of Antarctica in search of their next meal. Unlike their blubbery cousins who ...

While penguins and seals have skin protection, their eyes aren't protected. Is it doing damage? We don't know for sure. Very few studies report on what UV radiation does to animals in Antarctica.

Meet some of Antarctica's iconic species – emperor penguins and Weddell seals – and learn how they use the ice. Just outside Scott Base the sea ice squashes up against Ross Island, creating towering ...

It’s an animal, not a plant—a cousin ... Only a few species of seals, penguins, and other birds live in East Antarctica, and no land mammals at all. You might think the seafloor too would ...

The large northern fur seal, found in chilly northern waters, was hunted to near extinction during the 19th century. These animals were protected by law in 1911, and populations later rebounded to ...

Animals have shown symptoms that are consistent with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), and the outbreak affects particularly the southern elephant seal species (Mirounga leonine).

The colonies that once thrived on the Victoria Land Coast in Antarctica are now ... long-lived animals can respond to environmental pressures. Seals adapted to a shifting climate by expanding ...