A deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship that visited Antarctica has highlighted a growing tourism trend.

Born in March, the America's Best Idea Litter is adding cuteness to Denali National Park. Watch the puppy cam and see these ...

The chick named Butters joins 15 other African penguins at the zoo, which participates in Species Survival Plans to help save ...

Populations of bowhead whales were able to hide from hunters under ice, a new study finds, saving them from extinction. But ...

Recently, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species listed both the emperor penguin and the Antarctic fur seal as endangered. This article explains how this topic ties into the bigger issue of the ...

He was renowned for his skill at capturing candid scenes of penguins, polar bears and other cold-weather creatures — and for ...

In 1902, British explorer Robert Falcon Scott spotted a large group of large black and white birds at Ross Island, Antarctica. This was among the many milestones of Scott’s famous Discovery expedition ...

Antarctica’s iconic emperor penguin has been deemed an endangered species as the sea ice it depends on shrinks because of rising temperatures. The penguins’ population is expected to drop by half by ...

These birds are on a wing and a prayer. Emperor penguins, indigenous to Antarctica, are now at a frighteningly high risk of death by drowning due to drastic climate change. The prognosis for the black ...

Emperor penguins and the Antarctic fur seal were moved to the endangered species list by the international organization that tracks extinction risk to plants and animals globally. The decisions for ...

Climate change is pushing two iconic Antarctic species — the emperor penguin and the Antarctic fur seal — toward the brink of extinction, a new assessment finds. The new listings, published Wednesday ...