Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands is one of the most remote and harsh tourist destinations in the world, having ...

The large northern fur seal, found in chilly northern waters, was hunted to near extinction during the 19th century. These animals were protected by law in 1911, and populations later rebounded to ...

South Africa) contains archaeological deposits demonstrating persistent and continuous human occupation spanning from Late ...

Bird flu has been found in elephant and fur seals near Antarctica in what are the region’s first cases of infected mammals. The UK’s Animal Plant Health Agency (Apha) said it has been testing ...

Though other factors may have positively affected plant growth, such as a declining fur seal population ... “This means that the Antarctic landscape and biodiversity could change rapidly.” ...

Already there is some evidence that macaroni penguins and fur seals may be finding it harder ... food resource," Simeon Hill from the British Antarctic Survey told BBC News. The study is published ...

Species which have historically tested positive for HPAI H5N1 include: brown skua, kelp gul, wandering albatross, elephant seal and Antarctic fur seal. The most recent results from samples taken ...