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

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? A research team has uncovered the special ability of the Antarctic midge to prosper in an extreme environment.

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

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

The specimen’s skull made it clear that the animal had a long toothless beak and an enlarged ... Either way, "this fossil ...

With its glaciers and sub-zero temperatures, Antarctica hardly seems like a place of refuge. However, the now icy continent ...

In the footage, a female orca leads the lesson, demonstrating how to pull the seal off the ice by its tail, as the calves watch and learn. She lets the seal escape, and after it jumps back on the ...

Scientists in Antarctica have discovered what may be the oldest modern bird ever found. The 69 million-year-old fossil could finally put a longstanding debate about the origin of modern birds to rest.

Picture an Antarctic animal and most people think of penguins, but there is a flightless midge, the only known insect native ...

I n the McMurdo Sound region of Antarctica, there lives a species of sponge known as the giant volcano sponge ( Anoxycalyx ...