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

"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 ...

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 ...

After months of drifting through the ocean, the world’s largest iceberg has finally run aground near a remote island in […] ...

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 ...

"Although these seals no longer breed on the Antarctic mainland, we now have evidence to indicate they once did more than 1,000 years ago," Zhou said. Before discovering southern elephant seal DNA ...

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 ...

In this area, the infection has severely affected crabeater seals. After sampling seven areas of the Weddell Sea (including Devil, Beak, Beagle, and Heroína islands), the CSIC-UNESPA Antarctic ...