Climate change has caused massive problems for animals living in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic. With ice sheets melting at unprecedented rates and food sources shifting farther south, the majority ...

Tourists were stunned when a pair of orcas tried to hunt a gentoo penguin alongside their ship. Here’s what happened next.

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are impressively known as the largest of the bear species. However, the walrus is a formidable ...

Although the continent of Antarctica is usually described as a hostile, frozen wilderness, surprisingly unique animals exist that have adapted to its extreme conditions. Indeed, although this is a ...

When scientists look at the effects of a warming planet on wildlife, the news is almost universally grim. Animals and plants are falling out of sync with each other. Ecosystems are fraying. Coral ...

Polar bears depend on frozen ocean surfaces more than any other land predator. The ice functions as a platform where they ...

During recent Antarctic expeditions, researchers spotted a rare, poorly understood species: the Arnoux’s beaked whale, according to a new study. Photo from the journal Marine Mammal Science While ...

Research on the relationship between sea ice and the Southern Ocean food web investigates various components of that food web, including the so-called ‘top predators’, or seabirds and marine mammals.

Penguins and seals may rule Antarctica’s waters, but its largest land animal is a 6mm midge that “freezes” and dries out come winter—only to thaw and keep going when it’s warmer. Here is its story.