In 1902, British explorer Robert Falcon Scott spotted a large group of large black and white birds at Ross Island, Antarctica ...

What looked like an iceberg turns out to be an undiscovered Antarctic island, surprising scientists and reshaping maps of the ...

In 2010, marine biologists hit the jackpot. While exploring the frigid depths of the ocean around Antarctica, they stumbled ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The first shark ever documented in Antarctic waters was captured on camera at 1,600 feet deep in near-freezing temperatures.

A vast ocean current encircling Antarctica—more powerful than all the world’s rivers combined—played a surprisingly complex role in shaping Earth’s climate.

Antarctic sea ice decline in 2015 was caused by weakening ocean stratification and strong storms that mixed warm deep water ...

An autonomous submarine named Ran discovers strange structures under the Dotson Ice Shelf in Antarctica, before mysteriously ...

A colossal ocean current encircling Antarctica—stronger than all the world’s rivers combined—played a far more complex role in shaping Earth’s climate than scientists once thought. New research shows ...

The first shark ever documented in Antarctic waters was captured on camera at 1,600 feet deep in near-freezing temperatures. Associated Press/Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre Associated ...

Scientists have uncovered a new threat hiding under the floating edges of Antarctica: fast moving, stormlike swirls of water that attack the ice from below. These secretive currents, spinning in the ...

A new Stanford University study has helped solve a mystery about dramatic swings in sea ice extent around Antarctica.