On her first dedicated scientific voyage to Antarctica in March, the Australian icebreaker RSV Nuyina found the area sea-ice ...

Cuteness can shift moods and lower cortisol, and science backs it up. Looking at baby animals, like a seal pup blinking on a ...

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

Individual leopard seals specialize in specific prey types despite being generalist species, reshaping ecosystem dynamics.

"We've had the rare opportunity to confirm it, using solid, long-term data." Scientists issue warning after studying ...

In 2022, an international team of scientists sent a 20-foot-long autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) named “Ran” to traverse ...

Seal pups rescued, officers train in VR, Hatcher Pass reopens for summer, and anglers can borrow fishing gear free—Alaska is ...

Populations of Antarctic seals have halved over 50 years amid a warming climate and shrinking sea ice, a new study has shown.

Researchers measured the amount of nitrogen and carbon in the whiskers, which tells them the kinds of animals the leopard ...

A new study led by researchers at Baylor University and University of Rhode Island has uncovered surprising details about ...

A new study led by researchers at Baylor University and University of Rhode Island and supported by a scientist with Georgia ...

This long-term focus on specific prey can have powerful ecological consequences. At Cape Shirreff, Antarctica, in the ...