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Glaciologists are tracking it with alarm, as Thwaites... Continue Reading Cruising for Mollusks Science / The Biological World Monday March 29, 2021 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... Continue Reading Charting a Genetic Sea Change Science / The Biological World Monday March 15, 2021 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... Continue Reading Podcast: The Fire Department Features / Operations Monday March 01, 2021 The Antarctic Sun is taking a behind-the-scenes look at the workers and what they do to make science at the bottom of the world possible. This Episode: The Fire Department. Even on... Continue Reading On the Wings of Petrels Science / The Biological World Monday February 15, 2021 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.... Continue Reading Counting on Seals Science / The Biological World Monday February 01, 2021 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... Continue Reading More Articles Weddell Seals Sing Songs Humans Can't Hear Science / The Biological World Monday January 18, 2021 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. A Bot in the Ocean Science / Oceans and Atmosphere Monday December 14, 2020 During the past austral summer, scientists released an autonomous seafaring robot into the Southern Ocean. For four months, the small "Wave Glider" navigated the frigid Antarctic waters, collecting data on the surrounding ocean and atmosphere. An Aerial Assessment of Adelie Penguins Science / The Biological World Monday November 30, 2020 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. Quick Find Search titles and article summaries by keyword or find articles by date. Keyword Invalid character in keyword. Date Range to Please enter a valid start date. Please enter a valid end date. Please enter a date range. Please enter a valid date range. 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