The clip shows a group of seven orcas — four adults and three calves — as they circle a seal on a tiny chunk of ice in western Antarctica’s Marguerite Bay. The lesson, which ...

University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka scientists have successfully analysed more than 30 years of vital data on the ...

Social media posts sharing a graphic comparing sea ice levels in the Antarctic on the same date 45 years apart misrepresent ...

Feb. 12, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Sunday, Feb. 16 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV and 8 p.m. on KPBS 2. In Antarctica, killer whales hunt using their intelligence and teamwork. Swimming ...

Buried several miles beneath East Antarctica's ice, Lake Vostok is one of the largest freshwater lakes on Earth, rivaling ...

The rapidly shrinking sea ice pack in Antarctic waters will likely recover if prompt action is taken to contain greenhouse gas emissions, according to a simulation by an acclaimed team of scientists.

was lost in the pack ice – heralding a new age of Antarctic exploration. 5 January 2022 marks the centenary of the death of the famous Anglo-Irish explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and the end of ...

Sue Halliwell marks the 150th anniversary of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s birth by tracing his ill-fated British ...

The size of the Antarctic ice sheet can be hard to comprehend. Two kilometers thick on average and covering nearly twice the area of Australia, the ice sheet holds enough freshwater to raise ...

In a remote corner of Antarctica, a group of killer whales ... The hunting technique of pack-ice killer whales has intrigued scientists for decades, and there is still so much unknown about ...