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A new book explores how one biologist’s work at the North and South Poles changed the way he sees the world and our place in ...

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Picture an Antarctic animal and most people think of penguins, but there is a flightless midge, the only known insect native ...

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

Discover the remarkable bird fossil from Antarctica that is rewriting the story of bird evolution. Learn how this 69-million-year-old bird challenges previous theories.

A 69-million-year-old Antarctic fossil proves some birds thrived before the dinosaurs’ extinction, reshaping avian evolution ...

Scientists have discovered microplastics in the snow near some of Antarctica's deep field camps, revealing how far-reaching ...

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The fossil suggests that modern birds evolved before the dinosaur-killing asteroid, perhaps in Antarctica Margherita Bassi ...

A Google Earth image of Antarctica that appears to show a face ... with unusual driver still in the front seat Here's why this fish looks like the latest being to try lip filler injections ...