You’ll never forget one of the world’s greatest wildlife encounters – but nobody tells you penguins have stinky feet, not ...

A23a, the world’s largest and oldest iceberg, broke off Antarctica nearly 40 years ago. In 2020, it began to journey toward South Georgia.

A23a started to drift up through the Southern Ocean in 2020, when currents put it on a possible collision course with South Georgia. The iceberg and the island are about the same size in square miles.

Iceberg drifts toward S. Atlantic island A towering iceberg dozens of miles wide is bobbing toward remote South Georgia Island, a British territory that is home to penguins and other wildlife ...

The world's largest iceberg might be on a collision course for South Georgia Island. If it grounds on the continental shelf there, it could seriously disrupt wildlife and shipping in the area ...

Bird flu has made its way into fur and elephant seal populations for the first time on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, a team of scientists confirmed on Thursday, setting off alarm ...

The world’s biggest iceberg — a wall of ice the size of Rhode Island — is lumbering toward a remote island off Antarctica that’s home to millions of penguins and seals. The trillion-ton… ...

An iceberg known as A23a, center, is visible as it heads toward South Georgia Island, top, on Jan. 15 off the coast of Antarctica. NASA Worldview ...

An iceberg seen on NASA’s Aqua satellite, known as A23a, center, is visible as it heads toward South Georgia Island, top, on Jan. 15, 2025, off the coast of Antarctica. (NASA Worldview via AP) ...

“South Georgia is an amazingly ecologically rich island. It’s a breeding ground for a huge number of penguins, millions of penguins and seals,” Meijers said.