Caption The notothenioid fishes that inhabit the Antarctic Ocean have evolved an unusual adaptation to living in icy waters. Their blood contains antifreeze proteins that prevent ice from growing ...

RESEARCH which could have help combat toothfish poaching is being carried out by a team of scientists who visited the Falkland Islands last week. Thirty-one scientists are on board the Nathaniel B ...

The notothenioid fish, a group that includes species like the Antarctic icefish, are particularly well-known for this adaptation. A study, published in Nature Communications, sequenced the genomes ...

Near the end of the age of dinosaurs, a bird resembling today's loons and grebes dove for fish and other prey in the perilous ...

Antarctic fish have adapted over millennia to survive in the freezing temperatures of the Southern Ocean but in doing so have lost their ability to grow at rates seen in their warmer water cousins.

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

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Antifreeze proteins (AFPs) (1), first identified in the blood of Antarctic fishes, have repeating structures that bind to the surface of ice crystals and prevent them from growing into larger crystals ...