Calling for ‘Walrus Detectives’ on World Walrus Day
Today, 24 November 2022, marks World Walrus Day, and British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and WWF are inviting the British public to become ‘walrus detectives’ and get involved in their Walrus […]
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Drones survey wildlife populations in remote Sub-Antarctic island
Read more of: Drones survey wildlife populations in remote Sub-Antarctic islandNext generation fixed-wing drones, capable of operating autonomously beyond the standard visual line of sight, are creating datasets of major wildlife populations around South Georgia for long-term monitoring to aid […]
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Fish by-catch in the Antarctic krill fishery
Read more of: Fish by-catch in the Antarctic krill fisheryThis project is improving our understanding of fish bycatch in the Antarctic krill fishery, to help support better management and conservation.
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Learning about the first animals from life at the poles
Read more of: Learning about the first animals from life at the polesThe amazing survival strategies of polar marine creatures might help to explain how the first animals on Earth could have evolved earlier than the oldest fossils suggest according to new […]
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Study hints at how fishes in the twilight zone evolved
Read more of: Study hints at how fishes in the twilight zone evolvedA new study, led by British Antarctic Survey and the University of Bristol, provides the first evidence that a controversial evolutionary process may be responsible for lanternfishes becoming one of […]
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Hydrothermal exploration of the Red Sea
Read more of: Hydrothermal exploration of the Red SeaHEXPLORES searches for active hydrothermal vents in the Red Sea Rift. The Rift contains the world’s largest submarine metalliferous sulphide deposit. Yet no active vent systems have been located there.
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Darwin Plus SO Red Listing
Read more of: Darwin Plus SO Red ListingThe first Red List for Antarctic and Subantarctic marine molluscs, for the British Antarctic Territory, Falkland Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, funded by Darwin Plus.
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Studying Icelandic marine animals
Read more of: Studying Icelandic marine animalsThe international IceAGE project focuses on the collection of genetically useful material for DNA barcoding, population genetics and other molecular analyses of Icelandic marine animals.
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Albatrosses from space: wildlife detectives needed!
Read more of: Albatrosses from space: wildlife detectives needed!British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and RSPB are recruiting albatross detectives to help to search for wandering albatrosses in satellite images taken from space. This is to help us learn more […]
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Mysterious lives of sharks and rays revealed
Read more of: Mysterious lives of sharks and rays revealedScientists have unlocked the mysteries of how shark and ray species move up and down the ocean water column, in efforts to better understand them and protect their future. […]
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Success for krill survey in South Georgia
Read more of: Success for krill survey in South GeorgiaThe second of six winter krill surveys in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is underway. The first winter krill survey was completed successfully on board the South Georgia […]
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Study sheds light on penguin evolution
Read more of: Study sheds light on penguin evolutionScientists have reconstructed more than 60 million years of evolutionary history to reveal how penguins became oceanic birds. An international team of 40 researchers analysed the genomes – the complete […]
