A new study of Antarctic seals shows that environmental conditions are leading to a severe decline in their populations in the South Orkney Islands. New results are published today (Wednesday 18 ...

A fur seal. (British Antarctic Survey / Derren Fox via SWNS) By Lauren Beavis Melting sea ice is drastically impacting seal populations, experts warned today. The new study of Antarctic seals ...

Melting sea ice is drastically impacting seal populations, experts warned today. The new study of Antarctic seals shows that environmental conditions, namely melting sea ice due to increasing ...

the male southern elephant seal stands out for its massive size, weighing close to 4 tonnes. Found in colder parts of the Southern Hemisphere, especially near Antarctica, these seals are known for ...

Elephant seals likely expanded from ice-free refuges in temperate regions such as Tasmania and New Zealand into newly available subantarctic and Antarctic coastlines. However, this range expansion ...

January 1775, Captain James Cook landed at Possession Bay and took possession of the island, in the name of King George III ...

Highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu has been around since the 1990s, but this current bird flu pandemic started in Asia in 2020, when a low pathogenic strain mutated into a high pathogenic strain called ...

Most meetings reward the loudest and quickest voices. Fast talkers dominate, while more reflective thinkers get sidelined. Ideas are judged not by their substance but by the confidence with which they ...