All along the western Antarctic Peninsula, whales, penguins and seals in their millions depend on krill (Euphausia superba) ...

At a distance, an oil drum looks quite a bit like a penguin. Well, not that much like a penguin, but if you’re short-sighted ...

Mail sent from here travels from one of the planet’s most extreme, windswept postal locations. The world’s only underwater ...

The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT), a Cambridge-based charity, announced its new Antarctic Team as it began a three-year ...

A study from the University of Tasmania, Australia, has made a momentous discovery while observing the feeding behaviour of ...

On Oct. 12, 1957, history was made when the first-ever commercial flight to Antarctica departed from San Francisco, carrying 37 passengers to the U.S. Naval facility at McMurdo Sound station.

We smell the residents of St Andrews Bay, a 3km-wide bight on the north coast of South Georgia, before we see them.

A new team is heading to Port Lockroy in Antarctica to protect and run the base, and to keep an eye on its colony of penguins ...

Russian scientists at the Mirny research station recently saved a baby emperor penguin after it became separated from its colony and risked freezing to death. In footage shared by the Russian Arctic ...

Climate change and human activity are harming Antarctica and threatening wildlife from humpback whales to microscopic algae, more than 280 scientists and conservation experts say in urging protections ...

The first partnership of its kind for WHOI will advance ocean science and sustainability, launching their first expedition to ...

Lloyd Wilkinson, penguin-keeper at The Deep aquarium in Hull, went to Punta San Juan in Peru to take part in conservation work. This 133-acre peninsula is home to the largest colony of Humboldt ...