Researchers, some of them in San Diego, have recovered lake sediment samples from an Antarctic lake that’s sealed under 3,500 feet of ice.

Abundant microbes thrive in subglacial lakes deep under the Antarctic ice sheet.

Not just ice underneath Antarctica may be hiding a large lake under its ice – second only to Lake Vostok in size ­– according to data presented at the European Geosciences Union meeting in ...

For years scientists believed these liquid waterways were down there and now they have proof.

A confirmed Antarctic lake hidden deep under the ice was discovered in the 1990s. Lake Vostok has been encased in four kilometres of ice for millions of years.

Opening a scientific frontier miles under the Antarctic ice, Russian experts drilled down and finally reached the surface of a gigantic freshwater lake, an achievement the mission chief likened to ...

Getting water samples from an Antarctic lake under 800 meters of ice takes days of drilling, precise equipment, lots of patience and an eagerness to understand one of the world’s most extreme ...

A team drilled deep under the Antarctic ice sheet to a lost lake, and made a surprising discovery. They've now shared new footage of the effort.

A new type of microbe has been found at a lake buried under Antarctica's thick ice, according to news reports. The find may unveil clues of the surrounding environment in the lake, according to ...

For the first time, scientists have found and collected microbes in an Antarctic lake hidden under more than a half-mile of ice.

Researchers exploring a buried lake "twice the size of Manhattan" drilled through 3,500 feet of ice to learn more about the mysterious body of water — and made a stunning discovery along the way.

Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent by size, so what's hiding under its massive sheaths of ice?