Discover how the Antarctic midge, Antarctica's only native insect, survives extreme cold through unique adaptations.

The jump of highly pathogenic avian influenza to people is one of the worst nightmares for virologists, but at the moment the ...

What's the only native insect of Antarctica have to do to survive? A research team has uncovered the special ability of the Antarctic midge to prosper in an extreme environment.

The presentation, which was postponed in January due to the extreme cold, will be held in the library’s Community Meeting ...

Australia's Antarctic territory represents the largest sliver of the ice continent. For decades, Australian scientists have ...

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

When Gabe Castro-Root, a senior in the School of Communication, was selected to join multiple prominent scientists, ...

University of Chicago paleontologist and author Neil Shubin has been on multiple expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctica. Those trips have produced groundbreaking discoveries about the evolution of ...

Lisa Werner, a music teacher at St. Bruno Parish School in Dousman, traveled last year to Antarctica thanks to a teaching ...

In a recovery-bound economy, it’s probably hard to sell vacations that cost up to $12,000 per person. But for a few Prior Lake families, the experience of exploring an unusual destination ...

On Nov. 28, 1979, an Air New Zealand flight left Auckland for Antarctica on what promised to be a photographer’s dream trip. The 11-hour round trip was dubbed a luxury cruise at altitude.

When Eric Sun and Jennifer Liu, avid travelers who met in college, decided to marry, there was one continent left on their ...