Pink boulders led scientists to a massive granite formation buried under Antarctica’s ice, solving a decades-old geological ...

Pink boulders led scientists to a massive granite formation buried under Antarctica’s ice, solving a decades-old geological ...

This month's new moon brings an annular (or "ring of fire") solar eclipse, but it will only be visible from parts of Antarctica.

British and South Korean scientists had to retreat earlier from one of their Antarctic missions after a failure occurred ...

After 66 years beneath Antarctic ice, the remains of British meteorologist Dennis Bell have been recovered, as retreating glaciers reveal a frozen chapter of history.

A baited camera captured a sleeper shark in the Southern Ocean for the first time. Sharks have survived mass extinctions, ...

As Trump pulls back from regulations on climate change, many scientists remain worried about the warming of the oceans, ...

A better understanding of the bedrock can help researchers calculate how quickly the continent's melting glaciers might ...

Louis Etienne and his crew of eight scientists this week began an expedition to the remote waters of Antarctica, where they hope to gather a wealth of data to demonstrate the benefits of creating ...

After years of work building an exquisitely sensitive instrument, University of Chicago scientists stood and watched as it flew up and out of sight into the fiercely blue Antarctic sky. Launched on ...

For the first time, deadly H5N1 bird flu has been confirmed as the cause of a wildlife die-off in Antarctica, killing more than 50 skuas during the 2023–2024 summers. Researchers on an Antarctic ...

The Discovery Building features a wind deflector that prevents snow from piling up next to the building. It could change how ...