Southern elephant seals are adaptable—but they struggle when faced with both rapid climate change and human impacts
Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) are an iconic species of the Southern Ocean. But with rapid environmental changes ...
New Zealand once home to southern elephant seals
Southern elephant seals are the "canary in the coal mine" for the Southern Ocean, offering insight into how the ecosystem may ...
World's largest iceberg bigger than London could now cause disaster for penguins
Several million penguins live in the area along with several species of albatross, elephant seals and fur seals, all of which ...
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H5N1 bird flu moves closer to Australia, New Zealand
Australia has failed to undertake any testing of wildlife for the high pathogenicity avian influenza H5N1 virus on its Heard and McDonald Island territories this summer, despite French researchers ...
Rotorua Girls' High’s Zoe Parker returns from subantarctic islands voyage
The 16-year-old Rotorua Girls’ High School student is back from an expedition voyage to the subantarctic islands where she ...
An abundance of marine life - but the wildlife of the Falkland Islands is more vulnerable than most
Conservation and research here is almost entirely reliant on grant funding from the UK government through a scheme for ...
Daily Maverick on MSN1d
Marion Island’s seabirds at risk after avian flu confirmed on SA’s sub-Antarctic outpost
The deadly H5N1 strain is spreading rapidly in the Antarctic, potentially threatening the world’s largest breeding population ...
Green Matters on MSN4d
Antarctica Has One Place Where Ships Can Sail Directly Into The Center of an Active Volcano
First look at the island may offer the picture of a dead caldera but a closer look reveals that the caldera actually holds a ...
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Antarctica Seals stock videos and footage
antarctica seals stock videos & royalty-free footage 00:16 A beautiful group of penguins walks along the rocky coast near... A beautiful group of penguins walks along the rocky coast near the Atlantic ...