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

Buried several miles beneath East Antarctica's ice, Lake Vostok is one of the largest freshwater lakes on Earth, rivaling ...

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

Scientists say a 69-million-year-old fossil found in Antarctica now represents the earliest known modern bird, shedding new light on the evolution of early avian species. The skull of Vegavis iaai, a ...

Certain birds that gave rise to today’s ducks and geese found sanctuary in Antarctica during a mass extinction event 66 ...

Scientists from Osaka Metropolitan University have discovered how the Antarctic midge survives in extreme climates through a ...

What’s the only native insect of Antarctica have to do to survive? An Osaka Metropolitan University-led international ...

An intrepid penguin hailing from New Zealand’s Snares Island has popped up in the Chilean city of Punta Arenas, more than ...

Picture an Antarctic animal and most people think of penguins, but there is a flightless midge, the only known insect native to Antarctica, that ...

Charles Olinger Dr. Charles Olinger passed away peacefully on February 5th, 2025. "Charlie" was born to Dwight and Beatrice Olinger on August 10th, 1942, in St. Louis, Missouri. After growing up ...

How the Antarctic midge copes with freezing temperatures could hold clues for humans about subjects like cryopreservation, ...

Two hundred million years ago, icy Antarctica was a lush, temperate region, home to crocodile-sized amphibians and rhinoceros-sized dinosaurs.