In a jaw-dropping feat, European scientists have pulled off something incredible: they’ve managed to extract ice that’s more ...

Air bubbles within a deep ice core drilled in Antarctica could reveal why Earth suddenly began to experience longer ice ages ...

Scientists recently discovered that plant life is taking over the Antarctic Peninsula, turning the edges of a once-barren ...

His courie also will be found sketched on the accompanying map. He crossed the antarctic circle some six times, and discovered Peter Island, the most southerly land then known. He did not ...

This newly extracted ice preserved a record of our planet’s climate history, continuous information on atmospheric ...

Scientists investigating the frozen Lake Enigma in Antarctica discovered an ecosystem teeming with strange microbial communities. Antarctica's Lake Enigma certainly lives up to its name.

Led by The Institute of Polar Sciences of the National Research Council of Italy (ISP-CNR), the scientists worked for more ...

The melting of Antarctic ice sheets could be leading to more intense volcanic eruptions, with significant implications for ...

On this day in 1902, the Discovery Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott attained a Farthest South at 82°17′S in Antarctica.

Let's set the record straight: NASA has not found a parallel universe. The claims making the rounds on social media are not based on new scientific findings but are instead a distorted interpretation ...

The first analysis of extreme calving events in Antarctica finds no correlation with climate change, highlighting the significance of common, smaller calving events for ice loss and instability.

"It was exciting to discover a new species, but realizing its living arrangement has not been seen before in the region in ...