The Heard and McDonald Islands have no permanent human residents, but they are home to millions of penguins, seals, and other ...

Seals survive pregnancy under extreme conditions. Their biology could improve IVF, diabetes care, and birth safety.

Water levels in the Caspian Sea—the world's largest landlocked water body—are getting lower, as hotter temperatures cause ...

Climate change is a matter of huge debate today with two sides of conflicting opinions. That’s not to say, it doesn’t exist, ...

Urgent action is needed to protect endangered species, human health and industry from the impacts of the Caspian Sea shrinking, research has found.

The habitat of one of the world’s cutest endangered animals is being threatened by human-caused climate change. The Caspian seal is the only marine mammal found in the 143,200-square-mile Caspian Sea.

The findings are part of a growing body of work showing that even in far-flung parts of the Arctic, plastic pollution is ...

Wild animals that have acquired adaptions to maximize their reproductive output in some of the world's most extreme conditions may provide answers to some of the most pressing problems in the field of ...

The world’s largest landlocked water body is shrinking at a rate that could critically endanger an iconic seal species, put coastal communities at risk and release toxic dust, new research reveals.

A new study based on two decades of data shows what happens in an ocean ecosystem without great white sharks. Great white ...

As climate change drives down the water levels of the Caspian Sea, a staggering transformation is unfolding – ecosystems are vanishing, endangered species face extinction, and millions of people risk ...

An area larger than Iceland is likely to dry up, even if the climate ‘only’ warms up by 2C. Here’s what that means in the ...