Bird flu has wiped out half of South Georgia’s breeding elephant seals, according to a study that warns of “serious implications” for the future of the species. The remote island in the South Atlantic ...

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When snow falls on the ice sheet, where subzero temperatures ensure it doesn’t melt. Antarctic temperatures regularly reach ...

The Scottish TV star had previously visited Antartica a number of years ago to follow the example of her childhood hero, the ...

Safford, his team and this writer are in the Inyo National Forest in the Southern Sierra Nevada mountains, more than 11,000 ...

Scientists have seen a significant drop in breeding female elephant seals following an avian influenza outbreak on the ...

After the H5N1 virus hit the remote island of South Georgia in 2023, more than 50,000 breeding females may have disappeared.

The largest population of elephant seals in the world suffered massive mortality in 2023 from H5N1 bird flu infection. Animal ...

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The image most people have of penguins is how they look on land — wearing their flightlessness as a burden for all to see, ...