Penguin poop is stinky but useful. In Antarctica, the birds’ nutrient-rich guano allows mosses and other organisms to ...

Leopard seals are an abundant species of predator in Antarctica. These large, carnivorous sea mammals live in the water and ...

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 ...

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

After months of floating, the "megaberg" known as A23a has finally come to a halt roughly 50 miles from South Georgia Island ...

Secret lives of ancient Antarctic penguins and seals uncovered Analysis of sedimentary ancient DNA has illuminated 6000 years of the lives of Adélie penguin colonies on Antarctica’s Ross Sea coast, sh ...

This had raised fears it could collide with the island or run aground in shallower water near it, potentially disrupting the ...

Sandwiched between the freezing cold of Earth’s coldest continent and the warmth of its southernmost active volcano, the ...

A massive superberg, four times as big as New York City, has halted east of the southern tip of South America.