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

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.

Penguins are typically flightless but in this award-winning clip, hundreds of them defied their own limitation by taking a ...

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

Lisa Werner, a music teacher at St. Bruno Parish School in Dousman, traveled last year to Antarctica thanks to a teaching ...

Global team of researchers compile comprehensive picture of the species found in world's most remote continent A pioneering ...

Scientists track Antarctic krill via satellite to monitor ocean health amid climate change and fishing threats.

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. The trillion-ton ...

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