It can be tricky to see sponges as animals, stationary and plant-like as they are, but they represent some of the ...

He was none other than an emperor penguin. While Australia is home to one species of miniature penguin, emperor penguins are ...

Rapid sea ice loss and ocean acidification from climate change are altering the growth and nutritional value of microscopic ...

Researchers uncover the causes behind record-low Antarctic sea ice in 2023 and 2024, linking warm oceans and winds to the ...

Take a journey to Earth's polar regions, where majestic bears and penguins roam wild in their untamed frozen kingdoms.

Follow one scientist in the search for one particular pack of killer whales, because for him, this mission is personal ...

Underneath the flat white expanse of sea ice, the Antarctic seafloor is a world of colour, structures and life, with ...

In the icy waters surrounding Antarctica, small shrimp-like crustaceans called krill (Euphausia superba) swim in swarms of ...

But when researchers on board the research ship RRS James Clark Ross on a science mission near the sub-Antarctic island of ...