Many of nature’s apex predators guard their dinner from scavengers until they’ve gobbled up every last morsel and licked the ...

View of Gentoo penguins in Cuverville Island, in the western Antarctic peninsula on March 04, 2016. The harshness of the elements defines life at the Poles. But for the animals who inhabit these icy ...

A new study shows how much food polar bears leave behind — and how their decline threatens scavengers across the Arctic.

Students can learn more about polar bears with this comprehensive daily lesson plan, printables, worksheets, graphic ...

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

New advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming the way scientists explore and understand some of the most ...

Animals in the oceans surrounding Antarctica are under increasing threat. Fishery management organisations and governments need to do more to eliminate illegal fishing and regulate better legal ...

Single-celled organisms have managed to make a home almost everywhere, including inside many animals' guts and in nearly all of the world's environments, from hot, geothermal vents to the cold ...

By Peter Hobson and Renju Jose CANBERRA/SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian scientists have found hundreds of dead seal pups on ...

New underwater footage reveals how anchors and chains from ships are damaging the Antarctic seafloor and its marine life.