Polynesian explorers settled on a group of freezing sub-Antarctic islands in the 13th century after a “mind-blowing” voyage across the Southern Pacific Ocean, archaeologists have discovered.

New Zealand has so far avoided the strain of avian influenza causing mass mortalities of wild birds and mammals around the ...

World Heritage-listed Heard and McDonald islands are home to glaciers, wetlands, active volcanoes and an abundance of marine life. The subantarctic islands are a remote group located 4,000 ...

The sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia is a haven for wildlife, a centre for wildlife and fisheries research and famous for the epic voyage by Sir Ernest Shackleton and his men. A team of ...

World Heritage-listed Heard and McDonald islands are home to glaciers, wetlands, active volcanoes and an abundance of marine life. The subantarctic islands are a remote group located 4,000 ...