How a Tiny Insect Outsmarts Antarctica’s Brutal Cold
In the frozen world of Antarctica, one tiny insect has mastered the art of survival. The Antarctic midge, the only insect ...
Scientific American9d
Penguins Help to Map Antarctica’s Growing Mercury Threat
When Philip Sontag first visited Antarctica as a Ph.D. student, he brought back an unusual souvenir: a huge bag of penguin ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN21d
See 15 Adorable Photos of Playful, Picture-Perfect Penguins
These images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show just why penguins have waddled into our hearts ...
Science Daily7d
Antarctica's only native insect's unique survival mechanism
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.
MercoPress3d
Penguin eggs, “once vital for Antarctic explorers, but now illegal to consume”
A Korean news site has published an interesting article on Penguin Eggs, and its nutritional virtues, which it describes as ...
El País in English7d
Worst avian flu crisis ever recorded spreads across Antarctica
The jump of highly pathogenic avian influenza to people is one of the worst nightmares for virologists, but at the moment the ...
Antarctic expedition confirms the spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in the Weddell Sea
The CSIC-UNESPA scientific expedition has been underway since last January with the aim of monitoring the presence of the ...