Members of China's 41st Antarctic expedition team unload supplies in Antarctica, Dec. 9, 2024. Currently on China's 41st ...

Despite its vast expanse of sand, the Sahara is not the largest desert on the planet, that distinction goes to someplace with ...

Like the Arctic tundra, the Antarctic tundra is home to a number of lichens, grasses, liverworts, and mosses. But unlike the Arctic tundra, the Antarctic tundra does not have a thriving population ...

My MRes project aims to determine the species distribution of the dominant plants, lichens and mosses across the Antarctic peninsula. Species distribution models of terrestrial vegetation in ...

Sydney (AFP) – A pair of sub-Antarctic volcanic islands unexpectedly ... On the ground, there are 70 types of lichen, huge leafy plants, and cushion plants that resemble lush green carpets.

SYDNEY: A pair of sub-Antarctic volcanic islands unexpectedly ... On the ground, there are 70 types of lichen, huge leafy plants, and cushion plants that resemble lush green carpets.

An iceberg the size of Chicago that broke off of an Antarctic ice shelf has revealed a thriving ecosystem beneath it, according to researchers. On Jan. 13, the iceberg, named A-84, broke off from ...

Lichen fruiting bodies on a moss bed in Antarctica ... which tends to be close to research stations and bases operated by national Antarctic programs," said Professor Robinson, who has spent close to ...

lichens, fungi, invertebrates, microbes, birds and seals. "The species represented in this database occur across all 16 'Antarctic Conservation Biogeographic Regions,' which are distinct areas ...

The Antarctic continent is cold ... and from even walking over lichen or moss-covered areas. Just as in the case of the sled dogs, a pet cat could introduce the risk of transmitting diseases ...

A surreal phenomenon is unfolding in one of the most barren, mystifying regions on Earth, and according to a recent article from NASA, scientists say that it could be a new byproduct of global warming ...

The continent has hundreds of native species, mostly mosses, lichens, liverworts, and fungi. The continent has only two species of flowering plants, Antarctic Hair Grass and Antarctic Pearlwort. What ...