Standard Antarctic cruises take eleven-days from Ushuaia in South Argentina to the frozen continent’s northernmost peninsula.

South Georgia is the mother lode for wildlife lovers. Every landing and cruise is teeming with seals, penguins, birds and ...

We woke up on Sunday morning to the sight of Big Ben in the dawn light, shrouded in cloud, and birds flying all around us. The cliffs so black, the ...

On July 22, 2003, a leopard seal was involved in a fatal encounter that shocked researchers and raised new questions about the safety of working in remote regions. A 28-year-old marine biologist from ...

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Environmentalists are up in arms over the Australian government’s apparent backsliding on its “net zero by 2050” commitments and the interim targets it set. Although the government hasn’t formally ...

We used to think leopard seals had broad diets, but new research suggests that many individuals are picky eaters – with big consequences. While the species as a whole eats many prey types, individual ...

A new study of Antarctic seals shows that environmental conditions are leading to a severe decline in their populations in the South Orkney Islands. New results are published today (Wednesday 18 June) ...

Melting sea ice is drastically impacting seal populations, experts warned today. The new study of Antarctic seals shows that environmental conditions, namely melting sea ice due to increasing ...