An internet user claims to have discovered a shape in the Antarctic snow resembling an alien face. The satellite image ...

Australian Antarctic Program scientists have released the most comprehensive database of species living in the ice-free areas ...

Antarctic ice shelves are shrinking mainly due to frequent small calving events, while major iceberg break-offs remain rare ...

The West Antarctic ice sheet could cause metres of sea level rise if it collapses – but more than 120,000 years ago, it may ...

As I embarked the Seabourn Venture in Ushuaia, Argentina, the southernmost city in the world, I knew my mission to play golf ...

Scientists have mapped Antarctica’s ice-free ecosystems, highlighting their biodiversity and growing climate threats.

Much of this uncertainty is because the ocean processes that control the fate of the sheet occur on an incredibly small scale ...

The biggest iceberg on Earth is heading toward a remote island, creating a potential threat to penguins and seals inhabiting ...

While warming temperatures are driving a widespread loss of ice shelves, major calving events have not increased in frequency ...

"The change of seasons causes surface melting far inland from the coastal ice front," glaciologist Christopher Shuman said.

Antarctica, often regarded as the planet's last true wilderness, harbors unique ecosystems that support extraordinary ...

Australian Antarctic Program scientists have released the most comprehensive database of species living in the ice-free areas ...