The “type D” killer whale has just a tiny white eye patch; it is known from a few sightings in Sub-Antarctic waters, including at South Georgia and it probably occurs in Falklands waters also.

The critically endangered blue whale seems to be returning to the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia after a hiatus of over 50 years. Over 42,000 of their species were killed in the same waters ...

Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey have described their amazement at seeing killer whales hunting from on board the RRS Sir David Attenborough. Daisy Pickup and Dr Isabel Seguro have ...

Follow one scientist in the search for one particular pack of killer whales, because for him ... of their lives studying the animals of the Antarctic. Their insights into behaviours of these ...

Blue whales are the largest animals on Earth, measuring up to 30 meters long and weighing up to 200 tons—as much as a Boeing 787. Yet it's the sound they make, not their size, which gives their ...