Researchers unveil a new map and classification system that will help protect the unique plants and animals of Earth's most remote and fragile continent.

The 'world's biggest iceberg', "A23a iceberg", which is more than twice the size of London, is drifting toward South Georgia ...

Scientists have successfully analyzed more than 30 years of vital data on the thickness of landfast sea ice in Antarctica's McMurdo Sound, which will prove useful to measure future impacts of climate ...

The world's biggest iceberg is drifting toward a tiny south Atlantic island, potentially affecting the wildlife there, ...

University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka scientists have successfully analysed more than 30 years of vital data on the thickness of landfast sea ice in Antarctica’s McMurdo Sound, which will prove ...

Antarctica, often regarded as the planet's last true wilderness, harbours unique ecosystems that support extraordinary biodiversity and contribute to ...

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

These images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show just why penguins have waddled into our hearts ...

A researcher at UNCW is gearing up for a trip spanning more than 8,000 miles.  Dr. Jake Warner with the university’s marine ...

A 2018 study suggested that people working in Antarctica over the winter enter a state of “psychological hibernation,” marked ...

The massive A23a iceberg, covering around 3,500 square kilometers (1,350 square miles), broke off from the Antarctic shelf in 1986 and remains the world's largest and oldest iceberg. After ...

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