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The wildlife of Antarctica are extremophiles, having adapted to the dryness, low temperatures, and high exposure common in Antarctica. The extreme weather of the interior contrasts to the relatively mild conditions on the Antarctic Peninsula and the subantarctic islands , which have warmer temperatures and more liquid water.
Antarctica (inside the inner line) and the Subantarctic zone (between the two lines) as defined in the WGSRPD The main article for this category is Fauna of Antarctica . This category is for articles about the native fauna of Antarctica .
The following is a list of native wild mammal species recorded in Antarctica. There are 23 mammal species in Antarctica, all of which are marine. Three are considered endangered, one is vulnerable, eight are listed as data deficient, and one has not yet been evaluated. [1] Domesticated species, such as the dogs formerly present, [2] are not ...
Fauna of Antarctica (5 C, 34 P) S. Fauna of subantarctic islands (11 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Fauna of the Antarctic realm" This category contains only the ...
A half-mile of ice isn't enough to suffocate life. A team of scientists who drilled into one of Antarctica's subglacial lakes last year says the lake is pretty well-packed with living things. The ...
The flora and fauna of Antarctica before the present was similar to the one from Southern America today, as well as Australia and New Zealand, which it spread to over Antarctica. During the early Paleogene , Antarctica remained connected to South America as well as to southeastern Australia.
Near the end of the age of dinosaurs, a bird resembling today's loons and grebes dove for fish and other prey in the perilous waters off Antarctica. Thanks to a nearly complete fossil skull ...
Adelie penguins in Antarctica. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Antarctica.The avifauna of Antarctica include a total of 63 species, of which 1 is endemic.This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition.