The colonies studied represent about 30% of the total emperor penguin population, which lives only in Antarctica. The loss of stable sea ice may be affecting the penguins in ways beyond shrinking ...

The estimated population of 16 penguin colonies — visible in satellite photos taken between 2009 and 2024 — declined 22% during that period.

The geopolitical race for the Arctic has become a major talking point for the international media. Antarctica hasn’t ...

At the bottom of the world lies a region as magnificent as it is misunderstood: Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Harsh, ...

Animal species that live in environments as harsh as the Antarctic have many incredible adaptations to help them survive.

Scientists call for better protection of Antarctica’s vulnerable seafloor ecosystem as ship traffic increases around the continent.

The world’s first penguin biologist to study a large colony of the animals up close, George Murray Levick, was marooned in 1911 for almost a year on Cape Adare in Antarctica, the site of the world’s ...