A team of scientists have been using the colour of seawater to help count tiny Antarctic sea creatures from miles above. They ...

Scientists return to the Southern Ocean this week (5 February 2025), as part of the BIOPOLE project, to answer fundamental ...

50 million years ago, the phorusrhacid, a 2-meter-high carnivore, was at the top of the food chain. The bird was ... only in ...

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 ...

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 ...

While the infiltration of micro plastics throughout the oceans is well-known, researchers said their findings provided the first evidence of contamination in the Antarctic terrestrial food chain.

The waters around Antarctica, which support few species but large populations, are one of the richest biological provinces on earth. The key organism in the simple food chain is the shrimplike krill ...