We can learn a lot from Antarctica's weird biology

The biology of Antarctic species is very different; warm things up by just a degree or so, and they could emerge into a very ...
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Orca whales put on a show with breaches and tail slapping off Seattle

Residents of a Seattle neighborhood enjoyed a show put on by killer whales on Friday. A pod of orcas breached and slapped ...

The Pebble Ritual: Inside the Secret Cultural World of British Columbia’s Killer Whales

Recently, people have spotted killer whales engaging in some unique behavior. They are rubbing their bellies along the rocks ...
EIA

Whales and whaling around South Georgia and the Antarctic – a first-hand view!

The rapid expansion, over-exploitation and subsequent decline in whale stocks in the northern hemisphere in the 20th century ...

Underwater tsunamis and the Doomsday Glacier: Why Antarctica could hold key to our future

Researchers in Antarctica think they might have been missing an essential part of the puzzle when it comes to melting ...
The Cool Down on MSN

Experts issue warning over major threat to iconic creatures: 'Cascading negative effects'

The International Union for Conservation of Nature in October made the hooded seal an endangered species, while the bearded ...

The secret world of animal sleep

Animals have evolved to sleep in extreme ways — for example, taking micro naps during parenting, sleeping on the wing during ...
BG Independent News

At the edge of the world, awe wins for two BG women on bucket list-journey to Antarctica

Mazzarella’s travels have taken her to Africa five times, Peru, Thailand, China, Japan, Taiwan, all of Europe and now ...
The Conversation

West Antarctica’s history of rapid melting foretells sudden shifts in continent’s ‘catastrophic’ geology

Christine Siddoway received funding from the U.S. Science Support Program for IODP, and the National Science Foundation (grants 1939146 and 1917176, OPP Antarctic Earth Sciences) to support this ...