Researchers at the British Antarctic Survey and the University of Cambridge cultured cells from the Antarctic spiny ...

For the first time, scientists can watch living Antarctic fish cells at work in real time, and it's already showing how extreme environments can force living things to adapt even at the microscopic ...

The carbon sequestration potential of open-ocean pelagic ecosystems is vastly under-reported compared to coastal vegetation ‘blue carbon’ systems. Here we show that just a single pelagic harvested ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) maintains a Red List that outlines the extinction risk for various animals, as well as fungi and plants. Recently, two treasured animals from ...

Single-celled organisms have managed to make a home almost everywhere, including inside many animals' guts and in nearly all of the world's environments, from hot, geothermal vents to the cold ...

In the game of climate change, you win or you die. At the bottom of the world, who comes out on top? According to a new study published today in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science, Antarctic ...

Antarctic krill are tiny shrimp-like creatures that were previously thought to mostly inhabit the upper layer of the Southern ...

In Antarctica’s freezing depths, tiny creatures have mastered survival tactics that could unlock secrets to extreme cold resistance, with implications for science and medicine. Some of the most ...

Antarctica’s sea-ice shrank to the smallest area on record in February 2023, and over the region’s winter, there have been additional record-breaking low levels, continuing a decade-long decline. The ...

Aurora Expeditions has announced that it is preparing to launch its 2026-27 Antarctic season, with 27 voyages across three ships exploring the Southern Ocean. Sailing aboard the Greg Mortimer, Sylvia ...