Oceanites - pronounced: ocean-eye-tees - is the scientific name for storm-petrels, including the Wilson’s storm-petrel, a bird which breeds in Antarctica and then, when its breeding season ...
Last year avian influenza brought death to the picturesque island of South Georgia off Antarctica. This season scientists ...
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 ...
Discover the secrets of successful polar seabird photography while navigating pristine Arctic and Antarctic waters during ...
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 ...
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 ...
But he said the biggest risk came from airborne birds - petrels, skua, and kelp gulls - rather than penguins, and said the likely path to New Zealand would be via the sub-Antarctic Islands.
Researchers developed a DNA-based method to identify seabird bycatch in longline fisheries, achieving 98% accuracy compared ...
During your days at sea, take in all the onboard lectures and films about Antarctica, and head outside on the decks to see petrels and albatrosses soaring overhead. This is the perfect opportunity ...