The study published Thursday in the journal PLOS Biology found that 65% of Antarctica’s native species, emperor penguins top among them, will likely disappear by the end of the century if the ...

Dec. 22 (UPI) --More than half of Antarctica's native species will likely disappear by the end of the century if global warming continues at its current pace, according to new research published ...

Antarctica’s two native flowering plants are spreading rapidly as temperatures warm, according to the first study to show changes in fragile polar ecosystems have accelerated in the past decade.

Some cute little plants in Antarctica are flourishing in warmer temperatures—an ominous sign for rest of the continent and the world. A study published Monday in Current Biology finds that the ...

The pristine Antarctic ecosystem is being upended by the climate crisis, a study found. With warming summers, the numbers of two flowering plants in Antarctica have grown rapidly.

Photo: Flickr/gailf548 A study published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows how ecotourists, researchers, and ...

In the Antarctic, the fur seal population is booming. Having rebounded from near eradication by hunters in the early 20th century, Antarctic fur seals are making their way to new frontiers.

A study into the impact of global warming on the biodiversity of the Antarctic has identified how predicted expansion of ice-free areas will impact native animals and plants, paving the way for ...

Patricia L. Sáez ¹, León A. Bravo ², Lohengrin A. Cavieres ³, Valentina Vallejos ¹, Carolina Sanhueza ³, Marcel Font-Carrascosa ⁴, Eustaquio Gil-Pelegrín ⁵, José Javier Peguero-Pina ⁵, Jeroni Galmés ⁴ ...

Aboard an Australian research vessel, the RV Investigator, we sailed for 63 days from Antarctica’s ice edge to the warm equator in the South Pacific and collected 387 water samples.

Scientists in Chile have discovered molecules in two species of Antarctic flowers that protect plants from solar radiation and could potentially be used in products such as sunscreen for humans and ...

It was only a matter of time before human-caused climate change and pollution reached even the most isolated continent on the planet. As global temperature rises, Antarctica's pristine landscape ...