An innocent question from a friend inspired one reporter to seek out sports buffs in a remote and chilly place: Antarctica.

Argentina launched this week its Antarctica Summer Campaign 2018/19. The re furbished icebreaker is scheduled to develop an intense scientific activity, supply Argentina's bases and stations and ...

Discover how the Antarctic midge, Antarctica's only native insect, survives extreme cold through unique adaptations.

On January 3, 2025, in Suceava, Romania, @cirstean.iosif shared a video of a boy cutting straws using an old cornice. In the ...

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.

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

Antarctic midge survives extreme climate through quiescence and obligate diapause, key to its survival in harsh environment.

More than 40 Estonians have conducted scientific research in Antarctica throughout history. This year, two Estonian ...

Arctic sea-ice is currently at its smallest recorded extent for the time of year, while Antarctic sea-ice is close to a new ...