The edge of the Hiawatha glacier in northwestern Greenland, hiding the asteroid’s impact crater under its ice masses. Photo: Pierre Beck Beneath Greenland’s ice sheet lies the huge Hiawatha crater, caused by the impact of the asteroid of the same name....
This is how scientists imagine the fish-hunting orca ancestor Rododelphis stamatiadisi based on the fossil findings discovered by the international team: Image: Rossella Falen Orcas and false killer whales(Orcinus orca and Pseudorca crassidens) living today are known...
The first pictures of the “Endurance” show that the wreck is still very well preserved after more than a hundred years at depth. This picture shows the stern of the ship with its name and the emblematic polestar. Photo: Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust /...
The special, regular surface structure of the shell probably saves the life of the Antarctic scallop. Thanks to fine grooves, ice cannot stick to it and is washed away by the current. Image: Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research Many organisms living on the...
High Arctic vegetation hardly grows in height because of the extreme cold. Shrubs and trees, like this polar willow in East Greenland, stretch their branches along the ground instead. Photo: Julia Hager The Arctic and high mountain regions in the northern hemisphere...
