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

When Philip Sontag first visited Antarctica as a Ph.D. student, he brought back an unusual souvenir: a huge bag of penguin ...

Researchers have generated the first dataset of water flow beneath the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet, which will lead to more ...

Extreme precipitation events in Antarctica, which are mostly dominated by snowfall due to sub-zero temperatures, also include ...

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

Despite Antarctica not belonging to any state, as many as seven countries have made historical territorial claims on it.

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.

The jump of highly pathogenic avian influenza to people is one of the worst nightmares for virologists, but at the moment the ...

Certain birds that gave rise to today’s ducks and geese found sanctuary in Antarctica during a mass extinction event 66 ...

Extensive evidence, including global temperature and sea ice data, shows Earth's climate is changing due to human activity.

A parliamentary report has called on for a second icebreaking vessel and more reliable funding for Antarctic research.