A tiny, obscure animal often sold as aquarium food has been quietly protecting our planet from global warming by undertaking ...

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015 ...

A tiny, obscure animal often sold as aquarium food has been quietly protecting our planet from global warming by undertaking ...

Emperor penguin populations are falling much faster than expected. Ice is melting beneath their chicks before they’re ready.

A newly discovered dragonfish, isolated for 780,000 years in Antarctica’s frozen waters, has just been revealed.

When winter comes to Antarctica, seals and Adélie penguins leave the freezing ... But climate change is upending the penguins' carefully tuned biological cycles. The crucial sea ice they depend on is ...

A fresh set of numbers is changing what scientists thought happens when a city‑sized slab of ice dissolves into the sea. The ...

A massive ocean survey finds plastic in every layer of the North Atlantic, revealing how deeply it has invaded marine ecosystems.

Antarctic krill is a key species in the Antarctic marine ecosystem: it is an important food source for many species, such as whales, seals and penguins. However, the small crustaceans are ...

Researchers from the University of Murica (Murica, Spain), the Carlos III Health Institute (Madrid, Spain), and the University of Siena (Siena, Italy) evaluated the concentration of polychlorinated ...