A Chinese study has revealed how a type of algae adapts to cold temperatures in Antarctica with special proteins and enzymes. Chlorella is a genus of unicellular green algae distributed all over the ...

The warming waters have attracted species previously unseen in the Antarctic, such as a spider crab normally found south of Chile. There is also a blooming of green algae which is vital for the local ...

In some places, the underside of the sea ice looks like giant green clouds. These are the 'grass meadows' of Antarctica, made ...

It is estimated that there are approximately 700 trillion adult Antarctic krill in the Southern Ocean today ... This flow was fed with one of three kinds of seawater: containing either algae, Adélie ...

Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba ... the team let krill loose in a flume filled with flowing seawater, adding either algae for the krill to eat, a bit of Adélie penguin poop or both.