A calving iceberg exposed a region that never before had been seen by human eyes, revealing a vibrant, thriving ecosystem ...

The bountiful creatures sequester carbon and are a vital food source for marine predators, but their future is uncertain ...

"Here we show for the first time that a small amount of penguin guano causes ... "We hypothesize that Antarctic krill are ...

The study suggests that even the faintest hint of penguin droppings in the water is enough to prompt krill into escape ...

At present, what scientists have found out about the Antarctic Dragonfish suggest that their reproduction capacities are low and they also only live in the region where they have been found.

Antarctic fish have adapted over millennia to survive in the freezing temperatures of the Southern Ocean but in doing so have lost their ability to grow at rates seen in their warmer water cousins.

“Here we show for the first time that a small amount of penguin guano causes a sudden change in the feeding and swimming behaviors of Antarctic krill,” Nicole Hellessey, a corresponding author ...

Earlier this year, a gigantic iceberg fell from the Antarctic ice sheet ... thriving ecosystems with giant sea spiders, corals, ice fish, octopuses, sponges and more. They even discovered a ...

Emperor penguins are a vital part of the Antarctic food chain – they eat creatures like squid and small fish, and are an important source of food for predators like leopard seals and large sharks. By ...

This study was a first, integrating data on bacteria and microbial eukaryotes (small organisms summarized as "microorganisms," including phytoplankton). Samples were taken at two Antarctic ...