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Dr. Michael Wenger
Polar bears and Arctic animals in general and elephant seals subantarctic islands are increasingly threatened by pathogens due to substantial environmental changes also induced by humans.
Ole Ellekrog
Ludovic Landry-Ducharme, an Arctic hare researcher, guides us through all the things we do not - yet - know about the world’s most northern critters.
Julia Hager
Along with climate change, environmental pollution is one of the most pressing problems in the Arctic and Antarctic and has increasingly become the focus of research in recent years.
Camille Lin
A Franco-Canadian study of king penguins in the largest colony on the Courbet Peninsula in Kerguelen shows that these birds are highly specialized, making them vulnerable to geographical changes in the polar front.
U.S. officials are setting stricter rules for their Antarctic season this year to prevent the introduction of avian flu by their personnel.
A study indicates that extreme events in Antarctica will increase, not least due to climate change, and it calls existing environmental protection protocols into question.
A drone developed in part in Switzerland can both sail and fly, allowing it to monitor Arctic wildlife with less distraction.
Satellite imagery of the Russian coastline in summer 2016 enabled scientists to identify beluga whale populations in the far south of the Kara Sea.
Albatrosses have different personalities, and these "characters" influence their fishing strategies, which are intimately linked to wind strength.
The soil of an island, not far from the Antarctic Peninsula, is the scene of a powerful metamorphosis. An insect larva introduced by humans produces minerals useful to fungi and plants.
