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

Indeed, although this is a frozen land with no terrestrial ... In this article, we’ll explore seven unique species found in Antarctica, highlighting their incredible adaptations and the role ...

For decades, scientists have wondered at the taxonomy of Vegavis iaai— an ancient avian specimen that lived in what is now ...

THE long-lost forefather of the beloved duck and goose has been discovered, after outliving the hardy dinosaurs. The ...

Our special report offers a rare look at life beneath the frozen continent ... Only a few species of seals, penguins, and other birds live in East Antarctica, and no land mammals at all.

The skull, from an ancient relative of ducks and geese known as Vegavis iaai, suggests that the key characteristics of modern birds were already in place 69 million years ago. Birds evolved from ...

Scientists in Antarctica have discovered what may be the oldest modern bird ever found. The 69 million-year-old fossil could finally put a longstanding debate about the origin of modern birds to rest.

Uncle Bob is on an expedition to the South Pole, and he sent me a photo of his frozen baked ... look at the animals and any plants. Penguin Post Office at Port Lockroy in Antarctica.

There are off the beaten path destinations, and then there’s Antarctica. One of the driest ... many countries are represented on the frozen continent across a handful of semi-permanent research ...

Ice defines the white continent and its surrounding ocean – only 2% of Antarctica is free of it, with ninety percent of the world’s entire stock of ice locked up on the frozen continent.