Caenorhabditis elegans, one millimeter long, has just 959 cells. The worm’s simplicity has made it a mainstay of scientific research.Credit... Supported by By Teddy Rosenbluth When scientists ...

Even the world’s most successful wild animal isn’t safe from climate change. As Antarctic krill face unprecedented challenges in the Southern Ocean, a new project has been launched to better ...

Google Maps is a place of great discovery — and the latest sighting may be one of the oddest yet. In East Antarctica, just southeast of Japanese research outpost Showa Station, eagle-eyed users ...

“Massive door in Antarctica?” a Reddit post asked while sharing a screenshot of an “unusual addition” to Antarctic ice that they spotted on Google Maps. As expected of social ...

To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. An awe-inspiring 3D scan has brought the shipwreck of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton’s HMS Endurance, found in 2022, back to life.

This transformation alarms scientists. At the heart of the Antarctic Peninsula, plant coverage has increased dramatically in just four decades. a - Moss mounds, Ardley Island (62° S). b - Moss lawn or ...

Now, scientists say that viruses carried by these worms may be one reason they cause such severe illness. In a recent study, published in September in the journal Nature Microbiology, the ...

Legendary Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance sank more than a century ago and its wreck lay undiscovered at the bottom of the Weddell Sea until March 2022. Now, the team behind ...

In fact, the research showed that vegetation cover across the Antarctic Peninsula has increased more than tenfold over the last four decades. “The landscape is still almost entirely dominated by ...

Blood samples of patients infected with a parasitic worm that causes schistosomiasis contain hidden information that marks different stages of the disease. In our recently published research ...

The other clip is about the Geographic South Pole and the challenge it sets to explorers past and present in trying to reach it by land. Whereas the Arctic Region is the natural home for Polar ...