Victoria University of Wellington have discovered a species of sea squirt that is thought to be new to science.

The thriving bird colonies likely grew over several decades because local shepherds had temporarily eliminated pumas ...

A parliamentary report has called on for a second icebreaking vessel and more reliable funding for Antarctic research.

When Philip Sontag first visited Antarctica as a Ph.D. student, he brought back an unusual souvenir: a huge bag of penguin ...

Picture an Antarctic animal and most people think of penguins, but there is a flightless midge, the only known insect native ...

Swim through seagrass meadows, explore ancient history and observe dugongs among coral reefs — an awe-inspiring world beneath ...

Penguins are typically flightless but in this award-winning clip, hundreds of them defied their own limitation by taking a ...

Research scientists in remote locations need to get creative in order to follow their favorite teams, even when they don’t ...

Andrew Meijers, a physical oceanographer at the British Antarctic ... into smaller pieces. If the latter occurs, Meijers warned it could severely disrupt feeding and breeding for seals and ...

Or it could strike the sloping bottom and get stuck for months or break up into pieces. Meijers said this scenario could seriously impede seals and penguins trying ... the east side of the Antarctica ...

Iceberg A23a has been a concern for scientists since it broke away from the Antarctic ... or break apart into smaller pieces, both of which could seriously impede seals and penguins trying to ...