Follow one scientist in the search for one particular pack of killer whales, because for him, this mission is personal ...

The only continent where amber had not been found no longer has that distinction, thanks to a sediment core drilled just ...

When scientists peered beneath one of Antarctica's floating ice shelves, they were surprised to find an upside-down landscape ...

The only emperor penguin known to have swum from Antarctica to Australia was released at sea 20 days after he waddled ashore ...

The Polar Star (WAGB 10), a Seattle-based US Coast Guard Cutter, departed Friday for a months-long deployment to Antarctica.

Normally, Gus should weigh about 100 pounds, but when he was found on that Australian beach, he only weighed 51 pounds. In ...

Russian icebreakers with scientists from the BRICS group have set out from Cape Town and Rio Grande to Antarctica. They plan ...

Antarctic fish have evolved incredible adaptations to survive the Southern Ocean's extreme cold. Antifreeze proteins prevent ...

The hypothetical plan, as outlined in a January 2024 news article in Nature, could entail building a 100-meter (328-foot) ...

Hundreds of concerned scientists came together in Australia recently to discuss how we can save Antarctica in what's being ...

Runaway ice loss causing rapid and catastrophic sea-level rise is possible within our lifetimes," the statement warns.

Antarctica's melting ice could raise sea levels significantly. Scientists urge urgent greenhouse gas reductions globally.