The Antarctic midge is the only insect native to Antarctica, surviving extreme cold through a unique combination of dormancy ...

The world's biggest iceberg, which is almost four times the size of Canberra, has run aground near a remote island off ...

There are few frontiers in the world that can still be said to be unexplored. One of these terra incognita is the land ...

As the planet heats up and Antarctica’s ice sheet melts at a faster pace, scientists warn of a steady rise in sea levels.

Scientists' yearlong study on Antarctic microbial communities reveals how climate change alters bacterial and phytoplankton ...

Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...

With his magnificent underwater images, Gerardo del Villar wants to rehabilitate the reputation of the ocean’s great ...

Bacteria and other single-celled microorganisms in the seas around Antarctica are strongly influenced by water temperature ...

The largest terrestrial animal native to Antarctica is the tiny springtail ... the Southern Ocean teems with nutrients and supports a great abundance of life, from microscopic algae to krill, fish, ...

In the end, in the dark, it all came down to three things — experience, good judgment in the face of uncertainty, and penguin ...

We live in an era when human activities are negatively modifying the world at alarming rates. We are experiencing a massive ...