For over a century, scientists were baffled by Antarctica’s eerie Blood Falls, where deep red water flows from a glacier, ...

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

Among the many unique qualities of this long-extinct Antarctic bird, it seems to have been the earliest creature that could ...

They’re often found in vast clusters dotted across entire fields, with one of the most remarkable places to see them being ...

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? An Osaka Metropolitan University-led international ...

Does a duck always look like a duck and quack like a duck? Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, ...

Chapter I of the tale was written with a bang two months ago when a garbled radio message from Flyer Lincoln Ellsworth, far out over Antarctica, was followed by dreadful silence. Last week ...

Led by the Australian Antarctic Division, instruments deployed in the lake measure water temperature, salinity, and depth, offering vital data on the interaction between the ice shelf and the ocean.

Antarctic midge survives extreme climate through quiescence and obligate diapause, key to its survival in harsh environment.

How the Antarctic midge copes with freezing temperatures could hold clues for humans about subjects like cryopreservation, ...