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The species is transsexual in Antarctica
Oceanography

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…

December 17, 2018
The most exotic animals in Antarctica
Oceanography

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…

December 17, 2018
Antarctic fish stocks are showing signs of decline
Oceanography

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…

December 17, 2018
Discovered a rare species of penguin in Antarctica
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…

December 17, 2018
Find the 'hot' fish living in Antarctica
Oceanography

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…

December 17, 2018
Track the narwhal in the Arctic
Oceanography

Track the narwhal in the Arctic

Information on the site mongabay.com said a group of scientists from the International Fund for Nature Protection in Canada (WWF-Canada) has attached a satellite signal…

December 17, 2018
Love transcends the earth of giants
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…

December 17, 2018
Ice in the Arctic is likely to disappear by 2030
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.

December 17, 2018