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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...