Antarctica, despite its harsh conditions, is home to unique species like leopard seals, emperor penguins, and icefish. These animals exhibit remarkable adaptations for survival, from the emperor ...

Seals belong to a large clade of semi-aquatic animals called Pinnipeds. This clade also includes sea lions and walruses. However, they are all referred to as seals. There are over 30 species of ...

Australia is "surrounded" by the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. And it is morphing as sea animals and birds bring it ever closer to these shores.Warning: This story contains images that may upset ...

The combination of the extreme climate in Antarctica ... dive behavior] in a relatively small number of animals. To me, this means that leopard seals are highly flexible in their movement patterns ...

Their recovery has been so successful that the animals are pushing ... these fur seals trample the fragile coastal vegetation that thrives on Antarctica’s limited ice-free terrain.

Scientists put trackers on Antarctic seals to help them map the ocean floor. The deep-diving seals uncovered a massive underwater canyon more than a mile deep. This canyon may help scientists ...

Then, elephant seals started dying en masse ... OFFLU said. Penguins — Antarctica's most iconic animals — do not yet appear to be impacted by the virus, with no reports showing above-average ...

The sea ice in Antarctica’s McMurdo Sound has held secrets beneath its surface for decades. Now, scientists have unlocked ...

Altogether, an estimated 17,000 elephant seal pups seals died there last year of a strain of avian influenza, victims of an unprecedented panzootic — a pandemic among animals — that has struck ...

A new kind of death is coming to Antarctica, scientists fear ... on the Falkland Islands in January and in fur seals, elephant seals and other animals on the island of South Georgia last December.