Discover how the Antarctic midge, Antarctica's only native insect, survives extreme cold through unique adaptations.

Blood Falls in Antarctica flows unpredictably with iron-rich, salty water. Microbes inside survive without sunlight.

Buried several miles beneath East Antarctica's ice, Lake Vostok is one of the largest freshwater lakes on Earth, rivaling ...

Antarctica’s only native insect could provide inspiration for how humans could travel into deep space. The tiny midge called ...

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Antarctica’s only native insect, called Belgica antarctica, has adapted to survive in extreme cold temperatures, which could ...

When polar regions melt, the vaults are thrown open – “ancient water, carbon, and microbial life return to the surface to shape and change the world.” ...

A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to ...

Antarctic plunder fish, or Harpagifer antarcticus, from Signy Island. Credit Chris Gilbert Cambridge researchers are set to explore the uncharted depths of life in the extreme cold, with findings ...

A 68-million-year-old Antarctic fossil revealed the oldest known modern bird, Vegavis iaai, a duck-sized diver with traits linking it to today’s waterfowl.