Antarctica, the coldest, windiest, and driest continent on Earth, may seem inhospitable, but it is home to a mesmerizing ...

As polar ice continues to melt at alarming rates, Arctic and Antarctic wildlife are facing unprecedented challenges. From ...

Scientists say subtle differences in the colour of seawater will enable them to count tiny - but critically important - ...

These tiny creatures may be no bigger than your little finger, but scientists plan to start counting them from space. Knowing ...

New research has revealed that a hairy crustacean—dubbed "The Hoff crab" when it was discovered in 2010—is the first species ...

The target of the new research effort is Antarctic krill, which are just a couple of inches long and one of the most abundant and important animals on the planet. Marine wildlife - including ...

The target of the new research effort is Antarctic krill, which are just a couple of inches long and one of the most abundant and important animals on the planet. Marine wildlife - including whales, ...

There are so many of them that the krill living in just Antarctica rival animals like humans and cows for the single species with the biggest overall biomass (the mass of all of them combined if ...

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