As polar ice continues to melt at alarming rates, Arctic and Antarctic wildlife are facing unprecedented challenges. From polar bears struggling to find food to penguins losing their breeding ...

This trait is assessed in animals using a behavioural test that monitors the ability of animals to recognise themselves as individuals in a mirror. In the research, scientists, including those ...

Around 65 per cent of Antarctic animals and plants could decline by the end of the century if conservation efforts aren’t ratcheted up. Species expected to undergo the steepest population drops ...

Increased persistence of the Antarctic ozone hole over ... as “near threatened” on the IUCN Red List, points to the vulnerability of ice-dependent animals even before extreme warming has ...

These animals ... on his Antarctic expedition, Ernest Shackleton described being chased across the ice by a “blood thirsty monster” that we would later find out was a leopard seal. While it might seem ...

Arctic regions, in particular ... the south polar skua and the Antarctic petrel. These birds both lay their eggs around the beginning of a new year. However, the team noted that between December 2021 ...

Scientists are concerned specifically that the often fatal H5N1 influenza could decimate threatened species of penguins and other animals on ... strain bird flu on the Antarctic peninsula and ...

She and her colleagues also filmed an Antarctic blue whale mother and calf - the biggest animals on Earth - feeding in the same area. Mothers and calves, filmed by an international research team ...

Some Antarctic penguins can recognise themselves in the mirror, according to a new study that suggests these birds may belong to a small list of animals known to be self-aware. Until now, studies have ...

Some Antarctic penguins can recognise themselves in the mirror, according to a new study that suggests these birds may belong to a small list of animals known to be self-aware. Until now ...