A new study shows that melting sea ice due to increasing temperatures is leading to a "concerning" and severe decline in their populations.

A new study of Antarctic seals shows that environmental conditions are leading to a severe decline in their populations in the South Orkney Islands. New results are published today (Wednesday 18 June) ...

Before leaving Signy, a number of the ship’s company wrote postcards, which will not leave the island until March. Protector left Devonport in October 2015 and completed an historic patrol to ...

Derren Fox, 52, is a zoological field assistant at Signy Island Research Station, which is on one of the remote South Orkney Islands, about 370 miles (600km) from the Antarctic Peninsula.

Another study in 2022 revealed that Antarctica's two native flowering plants were also spreading on Signy Island, located north of the Antarctic Peninsula. In addition, green algae are blooming ...

Emily Broadwell’s journey to Signy Island took two weeks – longer than it takes to get to the Moon – and saw her travel through the fearsome Drake’s Passage, where waves can reach 60ft. She arrived on ...

Emily Broadwell’s journey by sea to Signy Island takes two weeks – longer than it takes to get to the Moon – and she could face waves up to 60ft tall in the fearsome Drake’s Passage.

Titled "Acceleration of climate warming and plant dynamics in Antarctica," the 2022 study’s findings conclude that the two native plant species of Antarctica, studied on Signy Island ...

Cannone's paper does document a global warming-related expansion in the range of both Colobanthus quitensis and Deschampsia antarctica on the continent's Signy Island. Global warming has also ...