View of Gentoo penguins in Cuverville Island, in the western Antarctic peninsula on March 04, 2016. The harshness of the elements defines life at the Poles. But for the animals who inhabit these icy ...

Weddell seals in Erebus Bay, Antarctica, may look like couch potatoes when they are resting on ice. However, these seals, which are the southernmost population of the southernmost living mammals, are ...

The epigenetic clock measures biological age and could help scientists assess the health of polar bears, dolphins, baboons ...

Scientists discovered that Antarctic seabirds use teamwork, scent, and sight to find food together efficiently.

Bird flu could be another blow for polar bear populations that are already at risk from climate change. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Conservative leaders feel they now have the political will to remove key pieces of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, enacted ...

Scientists have found a way of capturing DNA from snow tracks — a promising non-invasive method of monitoring elusive animals like polar bears Polar bears are icons of the Arctic, elusive and ...

The world’s latest record-high temperatures are increasingly putting Antarctica’s role in regulating global climate and ocean currents at risk. But so far, most signs indicate that the continent has ...

Single-celled organisms have managed to make a home almost everywhere, including inside many animals' guts and in nearly all of the world's environments, from hot, geothermal vents to the cold ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. The ozone hole over Antarctica grows and closes up again each year – ...