Scientists have captured stunning video of a dinner-plate-size sea spider crawling on the seafloor off the South Sandwich ...

Sediment samples from the Ross Sea coastline are revealing insights into how animals like elephant seals and Adélie penguins ...

Protecting remaining strongholds and minimising human impacts on food sources will be crucial to avoiding further population ...

Avian flu has wreaked havoc in other parts of the world. According to the World Organization for Animal Health, the United ...

Scientists' yearlong study on Antarctic microbial communities reveals how climate change alters bacterial and phytoplankton ...

A team from EL PAÍS joins the Spanish expedition which has detected the spread of deadly avian flu among Antarctic fauna ...

Melting Antarctic ice is slowing Earth's strongest ocean current, according to a new study. The influx of cold meltwater ...

Fiji’s iguanas embarked on one of the most astonishing ocean journeys in history, rafting nearly 5,000 miles from North ...

Through urine, feces, placentas, carcasses, and sloughing skin, whales bring thousands of tons of nitrogen and other nutrients from high-latitude areas like Alaska and Antarctica to low-nutrient ...

The only iguanas outside the Americas, Fiji iguanas are an enigma. A new genetic analysis shows that they are most closely related to the North American desert iguana, having separated about 34 ...

A new method of tracking the dietary habits and contaminant exposure of animals in Arctic marine ecosystems is providing critical insights as climate change reshapes the region's food web.

Chile's Atacama desert is the driest non-polar region on Earth, where "the sky shines when the sun sets", said The Guardian.