In the frozen world of Antarctica, one tiny insect has mastered the art of survival. The Antarctic midge, the only insect ...

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

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

Seven marathons in seven days on seven continents with only one lung? Oklahoma City runner Greg Gerardy is out to 'redefine ...

The good news is most of the jobs need to be filled over the southern continent's summer - from August to February. Just a ...

It is no strange sight to see icebergs break off of the Antarctic ice cap and drift away, like the gigantic sheet of ice that is currently heading for the island of South Georgia. But climate change ...

Before the second winter, the larvae reach their final stage but don't pupate. Instead, they enter obligatory diapause, a natural dormancy phase in their life cycle.

Antarctica’s only native insect could provide inspiration for how humans could travel into deep space. The tiny midge called ...

Why would anyone choose to live in Antarctica? McMurdo Station is one of the most extreme human settlements, yet it plays a ...

Climate scientists fear a 'cold blob' in the Atlantic Ocean may destroy the UK's mild climate, bringing Arctic conditions ...

ANTARCTICA IS THE only continent unbloodied by war. For over six decades peace on the frozen land mass has been kept by the Antarctic Treaty, an agreement signed in 1959 at the height of the cold ...