A snow petrel and its chick are seen near the Zhongshan Station, a Chinese research base in Antarctica, Jan. 14, 2019. Chinese researchers have begun using infrared cameras to monitor Antarctica's ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Some time back I started a series on the ...

The arrival of the new year is a prime time for Antarctic birds like the south polar skua, Antarctic petrel, and snow petrel to build nests and lay their eggs. However, from December 2021 to January ...

11:33, Tue, Mar 14, 2023 Updated: 11:34, Tue, Mar 14, 2023 Extreme levels of Antarctic snowfall brought about by climate change have caused entire populations of seabirds to fail to breed, scientists ...

Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before moving to Martha Stewart. Her writing and photography have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, ...

I'm back in New Zealand now, but here's one more note from my trip to Antarctica. I spent last week on Cape Crozier, Ross Island, accompanied by four people and a half-million penguins. We camped in ...

December and January represent breeding season for seabirds in Antarctica, a time when there should be thousands of active nests. But strong snowstorms during the 2021-2022 season made it difficult ...

Scientists have set sail for Antarctica to study snow petrels and their link with climate change. AUSTRALIAN SCIENTISTS HAVE HEADED off for a summer in Antarctica, where they plan to uncover secrets ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Time for more petrels. This article is ...

Evoking atmosphere and a sense of place - with the habitat as a major element of the image -to convey how an animal is an integral part of its environment. It was blowing a good Southern Ocean gale ...