The world's largest and oldest iceberg, named A23a, has run aground in shallow waters off the coast of South Georgia, a ...

Many people associate penguins with polar regions, but the Falkland Islands, where temperatures can reach into the 60s, is “ one of the world’s great penguin capitals ” where up to a million ...

Many predators, including penguins, have evolved ways to dispose of mercury. The chemical builds up in feathers that the birds regularly molt in large quantities. Sontag, now a polar researcher ...

Like the polar bear on the opposite pole, the emperor penguin endures almost unfathomable hardships to breed and nurture each new generation — fasting for months through the planet's harshest winter ...

Genius! 2) You'll never see penguins and polar bears in the same room Sometimes TV shows make them look like neighbours, but polar bears live mainly in the Arctic (way up north) and penguins ...

Researchers conclude that Adélie penguins took over the Antarctic habits of seals when sea ice started to expand around 1,400 ...

Icebreaker HMS Protector has broken a record, becoming the first Royal Navy ship to enter both polar circles within ... UK/US scientific research into the penguin population and climate change ...

Argentina’s Ushuaia and Chile’s Punta Arenas are the usual departure points for West Antarctic voyages, and to the relief of Antarctic tourists dreading Australia’s southern oceans or the infamous ...

Like the polar bear on the opposite pole, the emperor penguin endures almost unfathomable hardships to breed and nurture each new generation — fasting for months through the planet's harshest winter ...