Ross Island, in its entirety a mere 2,500 square kilometres, is home to about eight per cent of the world’s Adélie penguins — ...
Marc Brustenga sealed his first-ever professional victory in the Classic Velox Adélie de Vitré, following a challenging sprint finale which initially saw Pierre Gautherat take victory for ...
Summer is a busy season at Schirmacher Oasis, a rocky, ice-free plateau in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica. Located near the grounding line of Nivlisen Ice Shelf and about 100 kilometers (60 miles) ...
Every year on March 30, Palestinians observe Land Day, or Yom al-Ard, recalling the events of 50 years ago when on March 30, 1976, six unarmed Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces, and more than ...
An Adelie penguin photographed by Prof Bethan Davies. Adelie penguins are highly dependent on sea ice coverage and a healthy population of krill, both of which are placed at risk by the climate crisis ...
There were two “firsts” for Ponant Explorations in Hobart, Tasmania, on Monday. The first first was the inaugural arrival in Australia of its ship Le Commandant Charcot, the world’s only luxury ...
The arrival of PONANT EXPLORATIONS’ Le Commandant Charcot in Hobart, the luxury icebreaker’s Australian debut, represents a “defining moment” for polar exploration in this region, according to the ...
What do Adélie penguins look like? Considered middling in size within the penguin world, the Adélie combines a black head, back and throat with snowy white underparts and a conspicuous white eye-ring ...
Every January 20, Penguin Awareness Day encourages people far from the Southern Ocean to reflect on birds they may never encounter in the wild. From Antarctica’s frozen coastlines to rocky shores in ...
Facing an overturned iceberg (dubbed “pyramid” by the occupants of the French scientific base at Dumont d’Urville), a group of Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) walks on the Antarctic sea ice in ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A French diver disappeared under the ice during a routine dive on Tuesday, January 13. The French Polar Institute Paul-Emile ...