Archaeologists amassed over 100 sediment samples in Antarctica to trace the history of Adélie penguins 6,000 years into the ...

Although a rescue aircraft can always be dispatched, Antarctica's extreme weather conditions call for a much effective ...

Today, elephant seals are uncommon visitors to the Antarctic continent, and breed on subantarctic islands including Macquarie ...

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

A massive iceberg known as A23a is currently on a collision course with South Georgia Island, threatening to disrupt the ...

Antarctica’s ice caps have been shaping the ocean for millions of years, but recent discoveries reveal icebergs existed even ...

A few fossilized body parts hinted at an enigmatic bird's close ties to waterfowl like ducks and geese. A newfound skull may bolster that idea.

A new study has revealed significant changes in the strength and position of the Southern Hemisphere westerly winds over the ...

A recent study found a nearly complete skull in Antarctica that may belong to an ancient ancestor of ducks and geese called Vegavis iaai. This species lived around 68 million years ago.

In the process, they also found an explanation for the mysterious discovery of ancient material from Antarctica near South Orkney, an island to the southwest of South Georgia. It is no strange ...

The skull, from an ancient relative of ducks and geese known as Vegavis ... Dr Patrick O’Connor, a co-author of the research, says that this “underscores that Antarctica has much to tell us about the ...

Researchers conclude that Adélie penguins took over the Antarctic habits of seals when sea ice started to expand around 1,400 ...