WASHINGTON — The population of emperor penguins in one part of Antarctica appears to be declining faster than previously thought, according to a new analysis of satellite imagery released June 10. The ...
A continent that no one owns, with no permanent human population and no capital Antarctica (cliche alert) is the planet’s last true wilderness. In this frozen zone at the bottom of our world, Mother ...
More than 9,000 emperor penguin chicks were probably killed as ice broke up early in Antarctica last year, in what scientists called a “catastrophic breeding failure.” A study, published Thursday in ...
Antarctica's isolation and rich natural resources have made it a strategically important focal point amid growing great-power ...
After the H5N1 virus hit the remote island of South Georgia in 2023, more than 50,000 breeding females may have disappeared.