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28
2022
Forever chemicals lingering in Antarctic marine mammalsScience | The Biological World New research finds Antarctic seals and killer whales still have persistent organic pollutants stored in their blubber, despite many countries having phased out production of these toxic chemicals, some as long as 50 years ago. Feb
14
2022
Antarctic Long-Term Ecological Research site turns 30Science | The Biological World Researchers have documented significant ecological changes to the Antarctic Peninsula thanks to the long-running National Science Foundation program. Nov
09
2021
The stone thievesScience | The Biological World Adelie penguins often steal stones from each other's nests, but new research shows the wily birds target some nests more than others. Sep
20
2021
Scoping out the seal mating sceneScience | The Biological World Biologists have been observing how male Weddell seals secure prime locations when courting females to learn more about the southernmost mammal's mysterious breeding behavior. Sep
07
2021
Meet the Penguin MisfitsScience | The Biological World Looks are important for Adelie penguins, but they may not be as critical for breeding as biologists previously thought. New research shows Adelie penguins with unusual coloring still manage to breed successfully, contrary to what biologists had predicted. Aug
23
2021
Coldest, Driest, Saltiest Antarctic Soils Might Be Inhospitable To LifeScience | The Biological World Some Antarctic soils might be the only environments on Earth microbes can't colonize, a finding that goes against scientists' expectations of our planet's habitability. Most scientists assume microbes can inhabit every environment on Earth, given enough time, but new research finds that some of the coldest, saltiest, and driest soils in the Transantarctic Mountains show no signs of viable microbial life. Mar
29
2021
Cruising for MollusksScience | The Biological World Scientists are going to the ends of the Earth to discover all they can about an obscure group of sparkly, worm-like mollusks. There's lots of these critters living on the seafloor surrounding Antarctica, but they're not easy to get at and only a few scientists are studying them. Mar
15
2021
Charting a Genetic Sea ChangeScience | The Biological World Scientists are mapping the coastline of ancient Antarctica using DNA from underwater invertebrates alive today. In October, despite the ongoing COVID pandemic, a team of researchers sailed from California to Antarctica to bring back the sea creatures with evidence of a long-lost transantarctic sea coded into their genes. Feb
15
2021
On the Wings of PetrelsScience | The Biological World Ecologist Donna Fraser carefully makes her way across a low rocky ridge towards a mass of gray feathers with a beak. It's the baby chick of a southern giant petrel. Feb
01
2021
Counting on SealsScience | The Biological World Seal science in Antarctica continues, even as the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the world. Fewer researchers and support staff traveled to Antarctica in 2020 to reduce the risk of introducing the virus to the continent. One of the few science teams that did go is working on the long-term study of Weddell seals in McMurdo Sound. Jan
18
2021
Weddell Seals Sing Songs Humans Can't HearScience | The Biological World The seals of McMurdo Sound are more vocal than previously thought. A new research paper published in the December edition of The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America shows that Weddell seals vocalize underwater at frequencies too high for humans to hear. Nov
30
2020
An Aerial Assessment of Adelie PenguinsScience | The Biological World Flying robots are helping scientists track the population of Adelie Penguins. This past austral summer, researchers flew a small fleet of coordinated unmanned aerial vehicles, or "UAVs," over Cape Crozier, one of the largest Adelie penguin colonies in the world, photographing it in greater detail than ever before. Sep
01
2020
Detecting Anomalous Life SwarmsScience | The Biological World The seas around Antarctica are alive, but that life is not evenly distributed everywhere. Vast regions of barren ocean are punctuated by oases of concentrated nutrients that create hotspots of biological activity.
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