In February, Scott Hotaling, a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Biological Sciences, found himself on the adventure of a lifetime as part of a month-long research expedition to the Antarctic, followed by the uncertainty of returning to South America just ahead of travel restrictions put in place
Luana Lins, a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Biological Sciences, is fresh off a month-long visit studying polar organisms as part of the National Science Foundation’s Training Program in Antarctica for Early-Career Scientists. When she wasn’t counting bacteria or extracting the DNA of pteropods, Lins was visited by penguins, watched whales, and toured the […]
Scientists have just sequenced the genome of a fly native to Antarctica, the coldest, driest and windiest place on the planet, a finding that may lead to a wider understanding of how these bugs evolved to cope with the environment. The fly, named Belgica antarctica, is a survivor, or as Washington State University evolutionary biologist […]