WASHINGTON — The population of emperor penguins in one part of Antarctica appears to be declining faster than previously thought, according to a new analysis of satellite imagery released June 10. The ...

Scientists are alarmed as southern elephant seals face sharp population declines, possibly due to disease and changing oceans ...

Antarctica’s emperor penguins might be disappearing even faster than scientists feared. A fresh look at recent satellite images shows their numbers have dropped by a whopping 22% over just 15 years ...

Scientists have discovered a surprising—and smelly—source of clouds in Antarctica: penguin poop. According to a new study published in Communications Earth & Environment, ammonia gas emanating from ...

The Antarctic blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus ssp. Intermedia) is the largest animal on the planet, but it is critically ...

Antarctica may have passed a climate tipping point of no return, scientists are warning, with mounting evidence that a sudden slump in sea ice formation since 2016 is linked to human-induced ocean ...

Geophysicist Albert Grabovetsky was sipping her morning coffee near the Vernadsky Research Base in Antarctica this past October when hundreds of penguins gathered at the shore and leaped spectacularly ...