A study in Nature Geoscience reveals that changes in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) closely tracked marine algae growth ...

Decades of Assumptions Proven Wrong as Scientists Finally Uncover the 'Hidden Landscape' That Lies Beneath Antarctica's Ice ...

Scientists studying ancient ocean sediments discovered a surprising link between the shrinking of West Antarctica’s ice and ...

The first tourists stepped ashore at Smith Island and Melchior Islands on the Antarctic Peninsula on January 23, 1966. Since ...

Scientists lost their instruments within Antarctica’s most dangerously unstable glacier, though not before getting a glimpse ...

Antarctica is arguably the most extraordinary place a cruise ship will take you. You’ll spend your days cruising in glassy ...

Antarctic icefish have clear blood, no hemoglobin, and antifreeze proteins that let them survive freezing seas.

Microplastics have entered Antarctica’s soil ecosystem, subtly affecting its only native insect and revealing how far human pollution now reaches. An international team of scientists led by ...

In one of the most remote and harsh environments on Earth, three penguin species are telling a story that’s about much more ...

The U.S. conducted its first inspection of a Chinese Antarctic station in six years to verify it was being peacefully used.

After working and camping for a week on Thwaites Glacier, scientists were ready to start drilling into the ice, if only the ...

BREAKING THE ICE: The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a luxury cruise ship after it became trapped in the dense Antarctic ice. The ...