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.

There seems to be too much of a radioactive element in rocks deep in the Pacific Ocean – how did it get there 10 million ...

Australia’s Antarctic territory represents the largest sliver of the ice continent. For decades, Australian scientists have headed to one of our three bases – Mawson, Davis and Casey – as well as the ...

Scientists track Antarctic krill via satellite to monitor ocean health amid climate change and fishing threats.

High levels of cadmium (1,200% above acceptable levels), zinc (1,100%), barium (739%), selenium (379%) and chromium (60%) also were observed. Those so-called heavy metals are known to be highly ...

MOSCOW. Jan 31 (Interfax) - Scientists from the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) will conduct an experiment in surviving in outer space at a research base in Antarctica, the research findings will be ...

A Google Earth sleuth claims to have found a figure that looks like an alien's face in the snow in Antarctica. A satellite image shared on the r/strangeearth Reddit page last week has sparked ...

A Google Earth image of Antarctica that appears to show a face (Picture: Google Earth) A Reddit user believes they’ve found a face peering back at them in a Google Earth image from Antarctica.

This study convincingly shows that aquaporins play a key role in blood vessel formation during zebrafish development. In particular, the paper implicates hydrostatic pressure and water flow as ...