A deadly strain of bird flu sweeping through remote islands near Antarctica has devastated the native wildlife population, killing an estimated 13,000 seal pups, as well as penguins and seabirds, ...

Bird flu has killed thousands of southern elephant seal pups on remote Antarctic islands belonging to Australia, new research has shown. Heard and McDonald Islands, about 4,000 km (2,485 miles) ...

But across most sub-Antarctic islands, we found the rate of introduced species has remained steady, or slowed, after biosecurity policies were introduced, even as more humans arrived. The exception ...

Most Antarctic cruise operators visit the same Peninsula locations — Gerlache Strait, Lemaire Channel, Paradise Harbor — ...

The sub-Antarctic archipelagos, including South Georgia, Kerguelen and Marion Island, host glaciers that respond sensitively to atmospheric and oceanic forcing. Over the late Quaternary these ice ...

The uninhabited Heard and McDonald Islands — which are among the most remote and untouched places on Earth — have been inexplicably hit with 10% tariffs from the Trump administration Becca Longmire is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. General view of Heard Island and McDonald Islands. - Courtesy Australian Antarctic Division/Doug Thost A deadly strain of bird flu ...