PetHelpful on MSN14d
Leopard Seal 'Steals' Boat Anchored in Antarctica Like He's Got Important Places to Be
Leopard seals are an abundant species of predator in Antarctica. These large, carnivorous sea mammals live in the water and ...
DNA detectives in Antarctica: probing 6,000 years of penguin poo for clues to the past
New ancient DNA research on Adélie penguin poo in Antarctica shows how several species respond to environmental change over ...
In Antarctica, Canadian scientists have a 'momentous' chance to learn more about climate change
Traces of Chilean and British bases appear just as humbled.On the surface, Deception Island's Whalers Bay is still humanity's ...
Smithsonian Magazine6d
Scientists Uncover a Frozen History in 6,000 Years’ Worth of Penguin Poop, Revealing Past Ecology on Antarctica
was likely one of the last places southern elephant seals bred on Antarctica before they abandoned the continent. “There was no previous evidence of southern elephant seal occupation from Cape ...
Ancient DNA reveals 6,000 years of the lives of Antarctic penguins
Analysis of sedimentary ancient DNA has illuminated 6,000 years of the lives of Adélie penguin colonies on Antarctica's Ross ...
How Antarctica’s Most Extreme Volcano Sustains A Hidden Ecosystem—A Biologist Explains
Sandwiched between the freezing cold of Earth’s coldest continent and the warmth of its southernmost active volcano, the caves beneath Antarctica’s Mount Erebus are an anomaly in more ways than one.
Smithsonian Magazine13d
The World’s Largest Iceberg Runs Aground, Potentially Averting a Collision With Penguin and Seal Breeding Areas
After months of floating, the "megaberg" known as A23a has finally come to a halt roughly 50 miles from South Georgia Island ...
Avian Flu is Tearing Through the Antarctic Peninsula
"The great advantage of Antarctica is that one never gets ill," said Robert Scott. A lot can change in 100 years, and H5N1 is ...
Goodnet10d
Penguin Forms an Unlikely Friendship with an Antarctic Engineer
The vast ice fields of barren whiteness stretch toward the horizon, creating one of the most isolated environments on the ...
CBS News14d
World's largest iceberg — on collision course with remote penguin island — runs aground
a remote island in the South Atlantic known for its populations of penguins and elephant seals. The "mega-berg," as some call ...
World’s Largest Iceberg Runs Aground
A massive superberg, four times as big as New York City, has halted east of the southern tip of South America.
CBC.ca13d
World's biggest iceberg appears to have run aground near remote British island
Four types of seals can be found on South Georgia ... areas of research at BAS and elsewhere," he said. A23a is seen in Antarctica, on Jan. 14, 2024. It is roughly the size of Rhode Island ...