(THE CONVERSATION) Long before the current political divide over climate change, and even before the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865), an American scientist named Eunice Foote documented the underlying ...

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

A new study highlights how life possibly evolved prior to and during the rise of Earth’s oxygenated atmosphere.

The "unique" way Antarctica’s only native insect survives the extreme cold could help humans travel deep into space, ...

Elizabethtown College Assistant Professor of Biology and Environmental Science Robert Northington had a paper he collaborated on titled “Abrupt transformation of West Greenland lakes ...

An Icy Expanse The Antarctic Desert may come as a surprise to many as it doesn't fit our conventional idea of sand and heat.

One would think that a volcano was not the most hospitable place for living organisms. However, the Borealis Mud Volcano, at ...

“One of the goals [of astrobiology] is to go to [other worlds] and look for microorganisms, but in the meantime there’s so ...

In the current year, the Arctic Floating University expedition participants will study currents, carbon dioxide fluxes, coastal ecosystems and microorganisms in the Barents Sea's northeastern part, ...

Swan Hellenic intensifies Citizen Science efforts under EU's Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters, providing valuable marine data for global scientific use and innovative research projects.

Research from Concordia University highlights nanotechnology's potential in enhancing coastal oil spill remediation with ...

Advances in nanotechnology may provide solutions that are more effective, safer and work much faster than current mitigation ...