A portion of the world's iciest, coldest continent is "greening" at a dramatic rate because of global warming, scientists announced in a recent study. In fact, the research showed that vegetation ...
Their survival strategies highlight the resilience of life in one of the most extreme environments on Earth. Although the continent of Antarctica is usually described as a hostile, frozen ...
Beneath Antarctica’s thick ice sheets, researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery. Microorganisms thriving in extreme conditions challenge our understanding of life’s boundaries.
The iceberg cometh. The world’s largest iceberg is on a collision course with a British island off Antarctica, potentially jeopardizing both marine life and ships in the area.
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 ...
From red urchins to orange sea cucumbers, researchers monitoring the fastest-melting glacier in East Antarctica are surprised by new-found biodiversity under the ice at Bunger Hills.
The world’s biggest iceberg — a wall of ice the size of Rhode Island — is lumbering toward a remote island off Antarctica that’s home to millions of penguins and seals ...
Cancel any time. The world's biggest iceberg — a wall of ice the size of Rhode Island — is lumbering toward a remote island off Antarctica that's home to millions of penguins and seals.