A beetle introduced to Kerguelen, Merizodus soledadinus, is so active that it is thought to be capable of eradicating the archipelago’s native flies. Scientists at the French Polar Institute have discovered that its predatory activity does not diminish as its population grows and its prey diminishes.
Exceptional images of a species of octopus from the Cirrina order reveal some hidden talents of the Dumbo octopus living at the bottom of the Fram Strait in the Arctic Ocean.
The underwater ecosystem of the Svalbard archipelago has changed in appearance over the last 20 years, with one disturbance leading to another, each of which calls into question the balance of the ecosystem.
In the terrestrial troughs of Kerguelen, watered by the numerous atmospheric lows, 6 species of aquatic plants benefit from the nutrients brought to the island by marine animals.
The ice fish Chionodraco hamatus has acquired the enormous ability to see beneath the ice with a photosensitive retina that captures the near infrared despite the surrounding cold: -1,9 °C.