Mites are common in the Antarctic – there are hundreds of species. Some even live in the nasal cavities of penguins. Penguin ...

CAIRO (AP) — A recreational submarine taking 45 tourists on an underwater cruise of coral reefs in the Red Sea sank off the Egyptian resort town of Hurghada on Thursday, leaving six Russians ...

Below South America. In West Antarctica. But here is the flightless midge in the ointment: six seismic surveys do not yet equal confirmed reserves. Seismic surveys can offer valuable information ...

A team of South African scientists are stuck with an alleged ‘madman’ in a remote Antarctica research station. The group sent an urgent plea via email reporting physical assault, sexual ...

Meet The Antarctica Research Crew Trapped With "Violent" Colleague A South African research team, stuck in the Antarctic region, is reportedly feeling intimidated by their colleague ...

Researchers were working off the coast of Antarctica when it happened: A gigantic iceberg about 19 miles longcracked off the ice sheet on Jan. 13, revealing a swath of ocean that had not seen ...

“The Antarctic is often romanticised, but when people realise what’s waiting for them… well, there’s not a lot of people who feel they’re up to it,” says South African geologist Dr ...

The startling allegations were first made in an email sent by one of the researchers working at the South African National Antarctic Expedition base (SANAE IV) in Vesleskarvet, Queen Maud Land.

A media storm blew up in mid-March 2025 when a researcher at South Africa’s isolated Sanae IV base in Antarctica accused one of its nine team members of becoming violent. The Conversation Africa ...

In doing so, they discovered that the fossils contained large amounts of phantom midge larvae, suggesting that this was a vital part of their diet. In one specimen, a beetle could be seen between ...