Category : The Biological World

Researchers have documented significant ecological changes to the Antarctic Peninsula thanks to the long-running National Science Foundation program....

For a half a century, generations of researchers have studied various aspects of the life cycle of generations of Weddell seals around Antarctica’s McMurdo Sound,...

Climate change is expected to be stressful on fish species worldwide: as the climate warms, so too will the oceans, putting a strain on creatures...

Scientists want to know how many emperor penguins there are in the world, and they’re using Earth-observing satellites to count them....

As oceans warm around the world, the creatures that live in them are feeling the effects. In regions like the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica, which...

Weddell seals thrive in some of the coldest conditions on the planet, but scientists aren’t quite sure why they don’t freeze when they’re first starting...

As the continent warms, Antarctica is getting greener. Plants are taking hold where glaciers once covered the landscape. Moss in particular is sprouting up in...

Some of the Southern Ocean’s smallest animals are facing big challenges. The once-exceedingly stable Southern Ocean around Antarctica is warming, and as it absorbs carbon...

Scientists are taking a close look at Antarctica’s largest land animal. It’s a small insect called the Antarctic midge, and they don’t grow much bigger...

The seas around Antarctica are alive, but that life is not evenly distributed everywhere. Vast regions of barren ocean are punctuated by oases of concentrated...