WASHINGTON — Two iconic polar species — the emperor penguin and the Antarctic fur seal — could be moving toward extinction, according to a new assessment from an international organization. The ...

Now, only 124 years since this penguin colony was discovered, emperor penguins have officially been listed as endangered, along with the Antarctic fur seal. As the world warms, Antarctic krill are ...

(NEW YORK) -- The status of several threatened species has been downgraded to endangered, and climate change is to blame, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The Red List ...

The listing underlines the impact of climate change on Antarctica, which is posing an existential threat to wildlife with ...

In 1902, British explorer Robert Falcon Scott spotted a large group of large black and white birds at Ross Island, Antarctica. This was among the many milestones of Scott’s famous Discovery expedition ...