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As climate crisis deepens, wildlife adapts, maybe with lessons for us

Mongabay.com 20 Sep 2019
Portrait of Robert Swan, OBE. Courtesy of the 2041 Foundation.

Protecting Antarctica beyond 2041: an interview with polar explorer Robert Swan

Mongabay.com 24 Jul 2019

Antarctic sea ice declining ‘precipitously’ since 2014, study finds

Mongabay.com 3 Jul 2019

Sponges supply DNA for new method of monitoring aquatic biodiversity

Lakshmi Supriya 26 Jun 2019

Penguin and seal poop powers life in Antarctica, study finds

Mongabay.com 14 May 2019

Large emperor penguin colony suffers ‘catastrophic’ breeding failure

Mongabay.com 26 Apr 2019

‘Like seeing a dinosaur’: Scientists locate mystery killer whales

Mongabay.com 14 Mar 2019

Warmer waters shrink krill habitat around Antarctica

Mongabay.com 30 Jan 2019

Antarctica now shedding ice six times faster than in 1979

Mongabay.com 14 Jan 2019

Top camera trapping stories of 2018

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 31 Dec 2018

Documenting emperor penguin populations, a dispatch from Antarctica

Mike Gaworecki 30 Oct 2018

Largest king penguin colony in the world has shrunk by 90%

Mongabay.com 6 Aug 2018

Krill fishing companies pledge to protect key food of Antarctic animals

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Jul 2018

Species evolve more than twice as fast at poles as in tropics: study

Gloria Dickie 12 Jul 2018

Citizen science makes easy work of penguin time-lapse image bounty

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 28 Jun 2018

Here’s how much Antarctica’s melting ice is already contributing to sea level rise

Mongabay.com 19 Jun 2018

South Georgia declared ‘rat-free’ in largest-ever rodent eradication program

Shreya Dasgupta 9 May 2018

Humpback whales near Antarctica making a comeback, study finds

Mongabay.com 8 May 2018
Gentoo penguins on Greenwich Island, part of the South Shetland Island group, Antarctica. Photo by Paul Hilton/Greenpeace.

“Save the Krill” urges Greenpeace report

Kim Smuga-Otto 23 Mar 2018

Climate change imperils tiny animal in the world’s most extreme continent

Bhanu Sridharan 7 Mar 2018
Earlier reports based on satellite data suggested that the Danger Islands could be home to several penguin "supercolonies." However, heavy pack ice is common around the Danger Islands, even in austral summer, making difficult to access this area to conduct a comprehensive survey. Credit: Rachael Herman, Louisiana State University, © Stony Brook University

Penguin mega-colony discovered using satellites and drones, raising scientists’ hopes

Mongabay.com 3 Mar 2018

Drone photography allows scientists to measure marine mammals without a catch

Danielle Bettermann 2 Mar 2018

Watch: A minke whale’s view of the Antarctic

Mongabay.com 16 Feb 2018
A manta ray in the South China Sea. Photo by Greg Asner/Divephoto.org.

2017’s top 10 ocean news stories

Douglas McCauley and Paul DeSalles 27 Dec 2017

Antarctica’s Larsen C calves giant 5,800 square kilometer iceberg

Gloria Dickie 12 Jul 2017

Microalgae genes help them adapt to harsh oceans, other species less lucky

Maxine Chen 17 May 2017

Top 10 HAPPY environmental stories of 2016

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Dec 2016

Sea ice extent tumbles around both poles in November

John Cannon 7 Dec 2016

World’s largest marine protected area created in Antarctica

Shreya Dasgupta 31 Oct 2016

Expert panel rebukes Japan’s new whaling proposal

Jeremy Hance 15 Apr 2015

Record heat in Antarctica

Mongabay.com 29 Mar 2015

For the first time, Sea Shepherd targets Antarctic toothfish poachers

Jeremy Hance 9 Dec 2014

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