Much of Antarctica's highly endemic terrestrial biodiversity is found in small ice‐free patches.
Substantial genetic differentiation has been detected among populations across spatial …

Adaptation to different ecological niches is considered one of the main drivers of species
diversification, also in cryptic species complexes, notwithstanding their morphological stasis …

Protection of Antarctica's biodiversity and ecosystem values is enshrined in the Protocol on
Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, which provides for the designation of …

Antarctica has been isolated and progressively glaciated for over 30 million years, with only
approximately 0.3% of its area currently ice-free and capable of supporting terrestrial …

As part of the reconstruction of the Brazilian Antarctic Station on King George Island, three
areas of moss carpet were transplanted to minimize the impact of the new facilities on the …

The red algal genus Chondrus have long been used as raw materials for carrageenan and
dietary fiber in health foods. Despite the importance of genetic information in safeguarding …

The rotifer fauna of Africa has been studied for> 100 years, but there has been no recent
synthesis. We compiled data from 265 publications that reported information on African …

The few Antarctic studies to date to have applied metabarcoding in Antarctica have primarily
focused on microorganisms. In this study, for the first time, we apply high-throughput …

Authors have attributed the statement “All science is either physics or stamp collecting” to the
Physicist, Ernest Rutherford. Putting this sarcastic quip aside, we know that scientific …

Historical climate data indicate that the Earth has passed through multiple geological
periods with much warmer-than-present climates, including epochs of the Miocene (23–5.3 …