Southern elephant seals are the 'canary in the coal mine' for the Southern Ocean, offering insight into how the ecosystem may react to future climate change and human impact, new research shows.

Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) are an iconic species of the Southern Ocean. But with rapid environmental changes ...

Jo Kessel boards Regent Seven Seas' 750-passenger Seven Seas Explorer. She films her 14-night cruise from Sydney to Auckland, ...

A recent study published in Nature Communications reveals how carbon dioxide levels surged during the end of the last ice age ...

The foul stench of penguin poop sets Antarctic krill on edge. In lab experiments, the mere scent of penguin droppings — or guano — sent krill scrambling for escape, researchers report March 20 in ...

Between 18,000 and 11,000 years ago, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere suddenly shot up. This caused rapid ...

The Tasmania Fire Service (TFS) has suspended all fire permits in the state’s south as temperatures are forecast to reach ...

The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has confirmed traces of oxytetracycline (OTC) in the oily substance found on ...

The death of a 20-year-old Southern University student in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is being investigated by local law enforcement as a possible act of fraternity hazing, school authorities ...

Government authorities are providing mixed messaging related to the mass deaths of salmon in southern Tasmania, weeks after salmon carcasses and fish oil washed up on some sandy shores.

This deployment comes after President Trump, immediately upon entering office in January, declared a national emergency at the southern border and signed a number of executive orders intended to ...