Antarctica is largely inhospitable to land animals – 99% of the continent is covered in snow and ice. With the exception of man – a non-native species – the biggest terrestrial animal is a ...

National Geographic photographer Michaela Skovranova captures an Antarctic summer teeming with wildlife. Gentoo penguins make their way to the ocean on Brown Bluff, a basalt tuya located on the ...

Mites are common in the Antarctic—there are hundreds of species ... lower the freezing point of their body to well below 0°C.

The Adélie is the littlest, and also the most widespread, species of penguin in the Antarctic. They might look a bit clumsy ... which is good for all the wildlife that depends on it.

The Antarctic Wildlife Research Fund aims to improve the science-based understanding of the role of krill in the Antarctic ecosystem and the scientific basis for krill fishery management. The ...

Most Southern Ocean marine species - such as whales, seals and penguins – are dependent on krill, which is a small shrimp-like organism. The Antarctic Wildlife Research Fund (AWR) was unveiled ...

Mites are common in the Antarctic - there are hundreds ... One of the smallest land animals in Antarctica are the springtails, related to primitive insects but lacking some of the features we ...

Mites are common in the Antarctic – there are ... Perhaps among the most dominant animals in the Antarctic, and indeed anywhere on the planet, are the nematodes. This is a small worm-like ...

Mites are common in the Antarctic – there are hundreds of species ... Perhaps among the most dominant animals in the Antarctic, and indeed anywhere on the planet, are the nematodes. This is a small ...