Analysis of sedimentary ancient DNA has illuminated 6,000 years of the lives of Adélie penguin colonies on Antarctica's Ross ...

Mass elephant seal deaths have been reported in the Antarctic region after a high level of mortality has been detected among elephant seal pups at three sites around South Georgia. Animals have ...

Sammy the elephant seal is a long way from where his family ... Elephant seals normally live on sub-Antarctic islands as well ...

A British scientist died after being attacked by a huge seal while snorkelling in the Antarctic. Marine biologist Kirsty Brown, 28, was studying the movement of icebergs when the animal struck ...

"Ancient sedimentary DNA recovered from Adelie penguin colonies allowed us to detect the presence of other local species through time, including a range of birds, seals and invertebrates," said lead ...

When this elephant seal strayed on to their bit of the beach, these penguins weren't going to take it lying down. As a result, the young seal suffered a painful pinch on the behind as the gentoo ...

Antarctic summer ... They eat crab eaters, elephant seals, fur seal pups like candy, like chicken nuggets. -Far more aggressive than a Weddell seal the leopard seal sits just below ...

British Antarctic Survey researchers are working ... “Understanding the size of the southern elephant seal population on and around South Georgia—and how it’s being impacted by regional ...

In the winter of 1999, Guy Williams took a trip to the Antarctic. A PhD student in oceanography at the University of Tasmania, he had become fascinated with the role polynyas—unfrozen expanses of ...