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 ...

Well, we’ve got a story that will surprise even the most experienced swimmers! Recently, two creatures living in the frigid Antarctic seas were spotted in an epic battle. A plucky penguin was seen ...

"Although these seals no longer breed on the Antarctic mainland, we now have evidence to indicate they once did more than 1000 years ago. "There was no previous evidence of southern elephant seal ...

It's November 2024. Small red flags flap lazily in the breeze on the sea ice in front of Scott Base. They mark a safe route through the pressure ridges - where sea ice squashes up against the land and ...

A new study finds that climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in ...

Prof. Dr. Suchana Chavanich from the Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Science, and Deputy Director of the Aquatic ...

Today, elephant seals are uncommon visitors to the Antarctic continent, and breed on subantarctic islands including Macquarie ...

The largest terrestrial animal native to Antarctica is the tiny springtail, also known as the snow-flea. A dozen of them would fit on your fingernail. The greater Antarctic region also encompasses the ...

Fly the Drake,” the small ship trip is the first and only all-female Antarctic expedition designed specifically by women, for ...

It is a world cut off from our own by thick blankets of floating ice, but some scientists are taking the plunge to learn how ...

This is followed by an expedition of about 12 months. Staff are employed as meteorologists and technical officers. Our roles support the scientific work of the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD).

Archaeologists amassed over 100 sediment samples in Antarctica to trace the history of Adélie penguins 6,000 years into the ...