Cold Temperatures for an Insect . Like hibernating bears, many insects slow their bodily processes during the tough winter ...

Planes routinely fly over the Arctic region, heading from one continent to another, but it's rare for one to fly over ...

Sandwiched between the freezing cold of Earth’s coldest continent and the warmth of its southernmost active volcano, the ...

The vast ice fields of barren whiteness stretch toward the horizon, creating one of the most isolated environments on the ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The Antarctic midge, Belgica antarctica, survives extreme cold through unique dormancy strategies. During its two-year life cycle, it undergoes quiescence in the ...

Antarctica — which is one and a half times the size of Canada — has been governed by a treaty of nations. But with rising ...

Antarctica’s cold helps to regulate Earth’s atmosphere and the temperature of the oceans while the ice sheet locks up water that would otherwise dangerously increase world sea levels.