Polar News and Notes Animals

Using real data is an engaging and important part of science education. What could be more exciting than studying Adelie Penguins in Antarctica? Through the Penguin Science education and outreach program, your students can follow breeding pairs of the penguins as they lay eggs and raise their chicks.Here’s a message about the new Penguins Science […]

As a species, polar bears are under many threats to their survival and the stress may be taking a toll on individual bears’ growth. Comparing bear skulls from the early part of the 20th century (1892-1939) to skulls from the latter half (1961-2002) shows changes in size and shape.
The skulls from the later period […]

Marine biologist Jessica Meir went to Antarctica to study the diving physiology of emperor penguins and to northern California to study elephant seals’. Next, she’s off to the Himalayas to study the high-flying bar-headed goose.
From her research with these birds and mammals, Meir is trying to determine how they thrive in environments with low […]

Plaques, statues, and monuments recognizing the feats of early explorers of the polar regions can be found in many cities around the world. Now there is a bronze sculpture of another member of those expeditions. The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) unveiled a life-size statue of a sledge dog at its Cambridge, England, headquarters this month.
Sculptor […]

 One species of elephant seals proved its ability to adapt rapidly when ice sheets retreated in the Antarctic some 8,000 years ago. An international research team has found and studied the remains of southern elephant seals from a large colony that once inhabited the beaches along a bay in the Ross Sea. 
When the West Antarctic […]