The Antarctic continent is cold, dark, and desolate for much of the year, so scientists want a cuddly feline companion to ...

Melting Antarctica ice reduces pressure on underground magma, triggering volcanoes. This heats ice, accelerates melting, and ...

Of the at least 138 volcanoes in Antarctica, the majority are subglacial, so aren’t visible from the surface. Only two are ...

A mere 90 million years ago, Antarctica was a radically different place. Instead of being a polar desert characterized by ...

After a successful expedition to Antarctica's Mount Vinson in December, Madison Mountaineering returns to the ice to climb ...

Marine life is so full of microplastic there will come a point when fish is no longer considered healthy for human ...

Chile, Argentina, the U.K., Norway, Australia, New Zealand and France—maintain territorial claims on the continent.

Climate change − a global phenomenon − can neither be confirmed nor disproven by comparing Antarctic sea ice extent on two ...

Antarctic sea ice rebounded in December after a long period of record lows, US scientists said, giving pause to speculation ...

For decades, we studied only a tiny number of Antarctica's emperor penguins. Now robots and satellites are revealing ...

Sept. 21, 2025: This partial solar eclipse will be visible in parts of Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica, and the Pacific ...

Although the remains that they find are initially mistaken to be those of a prehistoric human society, it is ultimately ...