Parts of icy Antarctica are turning green with plant life at an alarming ... grass and green and red snow algae that will ...

Green is not the only splash of color in Antarctica. Researchers are now planning similar studies on red and orange algae, although that is proving harder to map from space.

In addition to becoming markedly warmer, the Antarctic Peninsula is flush with rapidly growing moss, a study published yesterday (May 18) in Current Biology finds. In their report, the scientists ...

then took photos and video of the fishermen hauling in prized fish in banned nets from the ocean near Antarctica. Seemingly caught red-handed, the crews of the rusting vessels just kept on fishing.