Buried several miles beneath East Antarctica's ice, Lake Vostok is one of the largest freshwater lakes on Earth, rivaling ...
When Philip Sontag first visited Antarctica as a Ph.D. student, he brought back an unusual souvenir: a huge bag of penguin ...
Researchers have generated the first dataset of water flow beneath the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet, which will lead to more ...
Extreme precipitation events in Antarctica, which are mostly dominated by snowfall due to sub-zero temperatures, also include ...
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Discover how the Antarctic midge, Antarctica's only native insect, survives extreme cold through unique adaptations.
What's the only native insect of Antarctica have to do to survive? A research team has uncovered the special ability of the Antarctic midge to prosper in an extreme environment.
Despite Antarctica not belonging to any state, as many as seven countries have made historical territorial claims on it.
A parliamentary report has called on for a second icebreaking vessel and more reliable funding for Antarctic research.
Certain birds that gave rise to today’s ducks and geese found sanctuary in Antarctica during a mass extinction event 66 ...
For decades, scientists have wondered at the taxonomy of Vegavis iaai— an ancient avian specimen that lived in what is now ...
Antarctica’s only native insect could provide inspiration for how humans could travel into deep space. The tiny midge called ...