Antarctic animals – Australian Antarctic Program
Amazing antarctic animals – learn about penguins, seals, fish, birds, squid, krill and whales.
Antarctic animals adapting to the cold - Australian Antarctic Program
Find out how Antarctic animals are adapted for some of the coldest environments on earth.
Antarctic prehistory – Australian Antarctic Program
Australia began moving north quickly, and Antarctica was isolated for the first time since animals evolved. About 30 million years ago, the Southern Ocean began to circulate around the …
Antarctic food web – Australian Antarctic Program
The Antarctic food web is a complex network of food chains, with Antarctic krill as dinner for animals like penguins, seals, whales, fish and flying birds.
Penguins – Australian Antarctic Program
Their main predators are other marine animals, such as leopard seals and killer whales. Skuas and sheathbills also eat penguin eggs and chicks. Penguins are only found in the Southern …
Seals and sea lions - Australian Antarctic Program
No matter how cold the air temperature is, the temperature of the sea is relatively constant, varying from only 1.8ºC to 1ºC around Antarctica. Seals catch most of their prey under water, …
Blue whale - Australian Antarctic Program
Not only the climate and the conditions that you're faced with, but also these animals which I've never worked with before. They're extremely fast, they're quite large as everyone would know, …
Seabed (benthic) communities – Australian Antarctic Program
Many animals live on top of the sediment, where they can move around in search of food. These include starfish, sea cucumbers, worms, crustaceans and bivalves (such as the Antarctic …
Emperor penguin – Australian Antarctic Program
Breeding Emperor penguins are the only animals that breed during the Antarctic winter. Emperor penguin breeding cycle The emperor has not only evolved special physical characteristics to …
Antarctic biodiversity database has ice-free areas covered
Jan 30, 2025 · Australian Antarctic Program scientists have released the most comprehensive database of species living in the ice-free areas of Antarctica, after 16 years of research.