Sediment samples from the Ross Sea coastline are revealing insights into how animals like elephant seals and Adélie penguins ...

A team from EL PAÍS joins the Spanish expedition which has detected the spread of deadly avian flu among Antarctic fauna ...

Bacteria and other single-celled microorganisms in the seas around Antarctica are strongly influenced by water temperature ...

Scientists' yearlong study on Antarctic microbial communities reveals how climate change alters bacterial and phytoplankton ...

Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...

Analysis of sedimentary ancient DNA has illuminated 6,000 years of the lives of Adélie penguin colonies on Antarctica's Ross ...

Global warming also heats and acidifies the ocean, which, as current models suggest, diminishes the ability of animals to find sufficient prey to maintain nutrition or even reproduce. Antarctica ...

The world's biggest iceberg, which is almost four times the size of Canberra, has run aground near a remote island off ...

Argentina’s Ushuaia and Chile’s Punta Arenas are the usual departure points for West Antarctic voyages, and to the relief of ...

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

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