WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington's newest power couple, Bao Li and Qing Bao, are settling into their new home at the National Zoo ...

Some of the planet’s most iconic animals live in the vast frozen icescape of the Antarctic, which is on the front line of the climate crisis. Surviving and adapting in this rapidly changing ...

New research shows that Antarctic krill store as much carbon as key coastal habitats like mangroves and seagrasses, ...

The polar researchers from the Akademik Vernadsky station shared that during one of their recent outings in the ocean, they had ... Up to 8 adult animals were in this group. They surfaced, slapped ...

By tagging Weddell seals with specialised satellite devices, Dr Wege, and her collaborators at the Alfred Wegener Institute ...

Rapidly melting Antarctic ice is causing a dramatic slowdown in deep ocean currents and could have a disastrous effect on the climate, a new report warns. The deep-water flows which drive ocean ...

Less sea ice can threaten habitats for penguins, seals and other Antarctic animal life, and also contributes to a rise in global sea levels. Unfortunately, it follows a record-breaking low for ...

There is now less sea-ice surrounding the Antarctic continent than at any time since we began using satellites to measure it in the late 1970s. It is the southern hemisphere summer, when you'd ...

Krill are eaten by larger animals in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica such as whales, seals and penguins, but are also fished for food and fishing bait, and for use in aquaculture and dietary ...

During the winter months in each hemisphere, the polar regions gain sea ice as seawater freezes. That total amount has been shrinking steadily in recent decades. Sea ice is critical habitat for a ...

Not all Antarctic sea ice is the same. And the finer details are what scientists need to know more about to understand its impact on the climate system. Antarctic sea ice was in the headlines for all ...