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  1. Oceans

    Blooming phytoplankton seed clouds in the Southern Ocean

    Booming phytoplankton populations spark cloud formation in the Southern Ocean.

    By Beth Mole
  2. Earth

    Year in review: Life thrives under Antarctica

    Thousands of microbe species thrive in Lake Whillans deep beneath the West Antarctic ice sheet.

    By Thomas Sumner
  3. Astronomy

    Two stars were once considered coldest known

    Two stars once thought to be the coldest known are actually scorching compared with some truly frigid brown dwarfs.

    By Christopher Crockett
  4. Animals

    Newly discovered yeti crab swarms around Antarctic hydrothermal vents

    A newly discovered species of yeti crab thrives in tough conditions on Antarctic hydrothermal vents.

    By Sarah Schwartz
  5. Animals

    Marine biologist chronicles a lifelong love of fishing

    In A Naturalist Goes Fishing, a marine biologist takes readers on a round-the-world fishing expedition

    By Sid Perkins
  6. Climate

    Wildfire seasons have gotten almost 20 percent longer

    The average length of wildfire seasons has increased 18.7 percent since 1979, new research shows.

    By Thomas Sumner
  7. Paleontology

    50-million-year-old fossil sperm discovered

    Ancient worm sperm preserved in 50-million-year-old cocoons from Antarctica set age record.

    By Meghan Rosen
  8. Paleontology

    Fossil worm adds head to its spiny appearance

    Hallucigenia sparsa gives hints to how some animals ended up with teeth in their guts and platelike pieces around their mouths.

    By Ashley Yeager
  9. Earth

    Fast-spreading crack threatens giant Antarctic ice shelf

    A fast-spreading crack threatens Larsen C, one of Antarctica’s biggest ice shelves, satellite data suggest.

    By Thomas Sumner
  10. Health & Medicine

    Putting the big chill on cryotherapy

    Evidence is lacking for whole-body cryotherapy as a treatment for muscle soreness.

    By Meghan Rosen
  11. Climate

    Once-stable Antarctic glaciers are now melting rapidly

    A group of glaciers in Antarctica that were once stable started rapidly melting in 2009, new research shows.

    By Thomas Sumner
  12. Animals

    New water bear species found in Antarctica

    A tiny creature called a tardigrade could shed light on how animals reached the far southern continent.

    By Sarah Zielinski