Antarctic engineers p-p-p-pick up a new team member
An engineer working thousands of miles from home in Antarctica has befriended one of the locals – and has named his new ...
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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 ...
Antarctic research has long been hamstrung by reliance on one icebreaker and sporadic funding. That might be about to change
A parliamentary report has called on for a second icebreaking vessel and more reliable funding for Antarctic research.
Antarctic midge survives extreme cold with unique dormancy strategies
Picture an Antarctic animal and most people think of penguins, but there is a flightless midge, the only known insect native ...
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Antarctica’s only native insect’s unique survival mechanism
What’s the only native insect of Antarctica have to do to survive? An Osaka Metropolitan University-led international ...
Scientists uncover the survival mechanism of Antarctica's only native insect
Scientists from Osaka Metropolitan University have discovered how the Antarctic midge survives in extreme climates through a ...
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A non-flying mosquito, the only insect native to Antarctica, provides clues about cryopreservation
It experiences obligatory diapause, a period of dormancy that is naturally induced at a fixed time in an organism's life cycle. When we think of Antarctic animals, most would mention penguins, and ...