Last year avian influenza brought death to the picturesque island of South Georgia off Antarctica. This season scientists ...
Discover the secrets of successful polar seabird photography while navigating pristine Arctic and Antarctic waters during ...
Most of the world's albatrosses, and their close relatives, petrels, breed on islands in the Southern Ocean, which surrounds Antarctica. Now new research led by Durham University, UK, and the ...
But Antarctica is getting busier ... This includes unique animals (think Adélie penguins, Weddell seals and snow petrels), mosses and lichens that harbour tiny invertebrates (such as mites ...
Fishing fleets kill more than 100,000 albatrosses every year Giant petrels also breed in Antarctica, feeding mostly on carrion, fish, squid and crustaceans. They lay a single egg, are generally ...
Several seabird species are having to fly further to find food because of sea ice melting in Antarctica, a study has claimed. Albatrosses and petrels which breed on islands near the continent ...
petrels on the open sea ... This hardy bird can be found in Antarctica and most of the global oceans, with the exception of the Arctic. According to Audubon, it may be the most numerous of ...
"Staying a winter in Antarctica is an all-or-nothing decision ... "Their only enemies come from above (like skuas and giant petrels) and below (like leopard seals and orcas).