About 90 million years ago, the frozen realm of Antarctica used to be a lush, swampy, temperate forest, similar to those found in New Zealand today.

Antarctica is known for being a rather inhospitable place, what with its extreme cold, violent winds, and low levels of water – it is technically a desert. Much of continent also sits at high altitude ...

Tourists aboard a cruise to Antarctica had a front row seat to the cruel realities of nature recently, as they watched a pod of orcas chase down a penguin. Adam Lindemann was on the cruise ship when ...

The psychologist Justin Gregg specialises in dolphin social cognition. He introduces his new book, Humanish, a witty and provocative look at anthropomorphism — our habit of seeing human traits in ...

Filmmaker Bertie Gregory's new documentary special captures the extreme challenges facing the world's fastest land animal.

Species with thinner protective barriers may need fewer resources and tend to have a greater ability to adapt to new habitats ...

When animals nod off, they're most vulnerable to sneaky predators. But despite the risks, the need for sleep is so strong ...

Back in the 1930s, an ill-advised plan was hatched to keep a living penguin at the Little America hotel in southwest Wyoming.

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Clear out your shelves for a bumper new crop of books by authors including Naomi Klein, Rebecca Solnit and Xand Van Tulleken, ...

We begin on the frozen Arctic Ocean. It's the end of winter, and as the sun returns, two polar bears meet on the ice. Usually ...

There’s a specific number of cases that marks the point of no return, according to a new study. You can count them on your ...