Feeling the Heat
The fish that swim in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica have evolved over millions of years to survive and thrive in salty ocean water that...
Category : The Biological World
Cradle to Grave
An extinct southern elephant seal colony that once existed in huge numbers along sandy and rocky beaches in Antarctica has provided new insight into how...
New Scientific Mode
LARISSA brings together more than 30 scientists for one expedition, some working from an ice core camp on the Antarctic Peninsula while most will carry...
LARISSA
The LARsen Ice Shelf System, Antarctica, project is an interdisciplinary program to study as many facets of an ice shelf ecosystem as possible, from the...
System Study
The LARISSA project is a way for scientists to look at a small system and all the bits and pieces that contribute to its fundamental...
Changing Diet
By studying the tissue remains of penguins in Antarctica, scientists are not only learning more about the modern diet of the continent’s iconic seabird but...
Bounds of Biodiversity
Scientists who normally spend much of the austral summer in the McMurdo Dry Valleys conducting long-term studies on that polar desert ecosystem are taking their...
State of the Antarctic
A week before world leaders sat down for a major climate conference in Copenhagen this month, an international scientific body released the first comprehensive report...
Not Much Bugs Belgica
The wingless fly known as Belgica antarctica lives only on the Antarctic Peninsula. You can freeze it or nearly suck away all its moisture, and...
Birds of a Feather
In the early 1990s, Bill Fraser’s work had focused on penguins and a few other seabirds. His field team assistant Donna Patterson-Fraser wondered why he...
