It can be tricky to see sponges as animals, stationary and plant-like as they are, but they represent some of the ...

Gentoo penguins make their way to the ocean on Brown Bluff, a basalt tuya located on the Tabarin Peninsula of northern Antarctica. Photograph by Michaela Skovranova 5 min read “Everywhere we ...

Scientists have found evidence for an ancient sea passage linking currently isolated areas of Antarctica. The evidence comes from a study of tiny marine animals living either side of the 2km thick ...

Emperor penguins are the biggest penguins out there, and they survive in the harsh cold of Antarctica. Find out more about them here.