Although the continent of Antarctica is usually described as a hostile, frozen wilderness, surprisingly unique animals exist that have adapted to its extreme conditions. Indeed, although this is a ...

It’s been a really interesting weekend. Yesterday I saw a leopard seal consuming a crabeater seal just off the coast. Birds swooped around above the seal, hoping to get a small piece. Later in the ...

With four eyes, long legs and claws, a new species of sea spider was discovered lurking in the frosty depths of Antarctica. Researchers happened upon the creature, known as the Austropallene halanychi ...

Cierva Cove, Antarctica — Ari Friedlaender kneels at the front of our inflatable boat as it bobs on the ocean. He holds a rifle, with two metal harpoons protruding from its muzzle. His gaze is fixed a ...

The Adélie penguin is one of two true Antarctic penguins—the other being the emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)—and it inhabits the full extent of the continent. The penguins nest on land during ...

Great fun meeting all the penguins in Antarctica, but here are a few other majestic creatures we met on our journey. Harry Smith and the team travel to Antarctica to try to understand what lessons ...

Q. Why do so many animals turn white in winter or stay white all year at the North Pole, but not at the South Pole? Wouldn't the same camouflage conditions apply to both? Will global warming affect ...

“Life finds a way,” the actor Jeff Goldblum playing scientist Ian Malcolm declared in the 1993 movie “Jurassic Park.” Animal life was not what scientists were expecting to find in the pitch-black ...

Antarctic sea life - including the oldest living creatures on the planet - are at risk from increasing number of ships dropping anchor there, warns a new report. Underwater video footage has revealed ...