First video footage shows impacts of anchor and chain damage caused by cruise, research, fishing, and private vessels on ...

Litoria tylerantiqua, a 55-million-year-old fossil, is Australia’s oldest known tree frog. It shifts the timeline for frog ...

This primitive, 85-million-year-old marine reptile was a fierce predator, measuring 12 meters in length. Unlike any known ...

Deep sea sediments contain treasure troves of information about marine ecosystems and past climate scenarios, yet remain ...

Melting sea ice is a global issue with far-reaching consequences. As the Arctic and Antarctic are losing ice faster than expected, experts are noticing damaging ripple effects. Sea ice forms on the ...

Social media posts are claiming to disprove the effects of climate change in Antarctica by comparing the amount of sea ice extent observed on a single day in 2024 to the coverage recorded on the ...

Across the whole of 2024, warming was observed and sea ice extent measured lower than the 1979 annual average by about 11 percent, according to NSIDC data. According to the National Oceanic and ...

We’ve got enough problems without having to contemplate the motivations of this faceless alien baby. Meet the giant Antarctic sea spider (Decolopoda australis), seen here absolutely dwarfing a ...

Many polar factors indicate this heating: glacier retreat, polar sea surface temperature rises, and the extent of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice cover. The Arctic is warming faster than the global ...

And it is morphing as sea animals and ... colonies following Antarctica's harsh winter.(Supplied: Dr Michelle Wille) When Dr Dewar returned this year to track the evolution of the frigid ...

Also known as "volcano snails," these gastropods grow a suit of metal-enriched scaly armor and have an enormous heart, which helps them survive in oxygen-poor water in the deep ocean.