Scientists have captured extraordinary footage of parasites on the head of a deep-sea fish, resembling pig tails. This new ...

Scientists on an expedition to the South Sandwich Islands near Antarctica have recorded horrifying videos of parasitic ...

Antarctica, once seen as a pristine wilderness, has trouble brewing in its waters. As researchers, tourists and military ...

Adélie penguins live on the Antarctic continent and on many small, surrounding coastal islands ... such as shrimp-like krill, but also eat fish and squid. They have been known to dive as deep ...

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.

Adélie penguins are a vital part of the Antarctic food chain – they eat tiny creatures like krill and small fish, and are a source of food for predators like leopard seals and killer whales. By ...