Flying robots are helping scientists track the population of Adelie Penguins. This past austral summer, researchers flew a small fleet of coordinated unmanned aerial vehicles,...
Seal science in Antarctica continues, even as the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the world. Fewer researchers and support staff traveled to Antarctica in 2020 to...
Scientists are mapping the coastline of ancient Antarctica using DNA from underwater invertebrates alive today. In October, despite the ongoing COVID pandemic, a team of...
Some Antarctic soils might be the only environments on Earth microbes can’t colonize, a finding that goes against scientists’ expectations of our planet’s habitability. Most...
Looks are important for Adelie penguins, but they may not be as critical for breeding as biologists previously thought. New research shows Adelie penguins with...
Biologists have been observing how male Weddell seals secure prime locations when courting females to learn more about the southernmost mammal’s mysterious breeding behavior....