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The price to pay for the fish that live in Antarctica
The fish that inhabit the cold waters of Antarctica are born with anticoagulant proteins in capillaries, which help the blood to flow normally without freezing.
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Sea anemones live under Antarctic ice
An anemone species was found under the Antarctic thick ice, and became the first marine creature to be discovered to live on ice.
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Elephant seals help study the Antarctic bottom
Scientists have attached the touch seal on the heads of elephant seals, used to collect and provide important data as they swim near the ocean floor in Antarctica.
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Fish have transparent blood
The fish has the scientific name Chionodraco rastrospinosus. The strange thing is that they do not have Hemoglobin, also called hemoglobin - which is a complex protein t…
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The species is transsexual in Antarctica
A mussel in Antarctica possesses male sex organs when they are young, but turns into females during adulthood. The species Lissarca miliaris was first described in 1845…
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The most exotic animals in Antarctica
Marine biology researcher Huw Griffiths at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has released a list of the 5 most exotic Antarctic animals. They have unique ways of living…
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Antarctic fish stocks are showing signs of decline
The Union of Environmental Organizations has issued a statement calling for protection of the marine environment in the Ross Sea in Antarctica to prevent the development…
Oceanography
Detecting concussions about 20 species of strange creatures in Antarctica
According to the Daily Mail, British scientists have discovered the life of about 20 species of strange creatures at depths more than 2km off the Antarctic. These creatu…
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The strange anti-cold way of Antarctic octopus
A new study by scientists shows that in order to adapt to the glacial waters of Antarctica, the squid used a special way to change RNAs.
Oceanography
Discovered a rare species of penguin in Antarctica
According to ABC News on January 12, in a sea where black and white penguins live on the Antarctic Aitcho Island, the explorers of the National Geographic Society last w…
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Find the 'hot' fish living in Antarctica
Scientists have discovered 'hot' fish living in Antarctica for millions of years. It is a fish that has the ability to naturally produce antifreeze in the blood naturall…
Oceanography
Love transcends the earth of giants
Minke whales in the Arctic and Antarctica are two separate species and live in the two hemispheres of the earth, but for some reason they mate with each other and produc…
Oceanography
Antarctic fish's blood has antifreeze
Antarctic fish species can freely travel in sea water below 0oC because their blood has anticoagulant glycoprotein.
Oceanography
Ice in the Arctic is likely to disappear by 2030
The Arctic ice has melted with unprecedented speed this past summer. US scientists warn that global warming may cause the Arctic ice to disappear by September 2030.
Oceanography
See the creature in the depths of 180m under the ice in Antarctica
NASA announced it had unexpectedly captured an image of a crustacean living in a water environment 180 meters deep under the ice in Antarctica, where there is no sunligh…