One of the smallest land animals in Antarctica are the springtails, related to primitive insects but lacking some of the features we see in modern insects. For example, their mouthparts are internal ...

From diving off cliffs to starving for months, emperor penguins are continuing to surprise scientists with their ability to ...

STRANGE creatures dredged up from the Antarctica seafloor by scientists may have previously been undiscovered. Australian scientists captured a jelly-like, eyeless ‘sea pig’ and ...

Secrets of the Penguins cinematographer, Bertie Gregory, shares the memorable moment he filmed baby penguins leaping from a 50-foot cliff with PEOPLE.

When an iceberg the size of Chicago broke off from one of Antarctica's massive floating ... Based on the size of the animals, the communities we observed have been there for decades, maybe even ...

Pink and bulbous "sea pigs", hand-sized sea spiders and delicate sea butterflies are among the bizarre animals hauled up from the ocean floor by a team of Australian researchers aboard the ...

Updates on the veterinarian who travelled to Antarctica as part of the Homeward Bound Projects; and hear about Australia’s much-anticipated upcoming annual national veterinary conference.

One of the smallest land animals in Antarctica are the springtails, related to primitive insects but lacking some of the features we see in modern insects. For example, their mouthparts are ...

In Antarctica’s freezing depths ... When it’s cold, we, as warm-blooded (endothermic), animals simply put on a coat. Other endotherms, can be large, fat or furry to insulate their body from the cold.