Antarctica is a continent locked in ice, with almost 99.7% of current terrain covered by
permanent ice and snow, and clear evidence that, as recently as the Last Glacial Maximum …

Knowledge of Antarctic biotas and environments has increased dramatically in recent years.
There has also been a rapid increase in the use of novel technologies. Despite this, some …

The image of Antarctica as a symbol of the last great wilderness and pristine environment
has changed considerably in the last two decades. Environmental problems such as the …

Aim To establish how well the terrestrial flora of the Antarctic has been sampled, how well
the flora is known, and to determine the major patterns in diversity and biogeography …

Antarctica and its surrounding islands lie at one extreme of global variation in diversity.
Typically, these regions are characterized as being species poor and having simple food …

The Antarctic biota is highly endemic, and the diversity and abundance of taxonomic groups
differ from elsewhere in the world. Such characteristics have resulted from evolution in …

The evolutionary and biogeographic history of the contemporary Antarctic terrestrial and
marine biotas reveals many components of ancient origin. For large elements of the …

Dispersal of soil organisms is crucial for their spatial distribution and adaptation to the
prevailing conditions of the Antarctic Dry Valleys. This study investigated the possibility of …

We describe a terrestrial faunal community including only Tardigrada and Rotifera, present
on inland nunataks of Ellsworth Land, Antarctica (∼ 75°–77° S, 70°–73° W). The fauna is …

The Antarctic is unique, geographically, politically, and scientifically. It is the most remote,
hostile, and dangerous continent, while at the same time it is the most pristine and least …