The last two years have seen unprecedented falls in the levels of sea ice around Antarctica, which serves as a protective ...

An international team of polar researchers has found several types of microbiota living in the water below the frozen surface ...

An international team of oceanographers, Antarctic specialists and meteorologists has found evidence that the collapse of ...

"We expected to see some greening, but I don't think we were expecting it on the scale that we reported here," researcher Tom ...

The Antarctic Peninsula is rapidly greening, with vegetation increasing tenfold since 1986 due to warming temperatures and ...

China said its first atmospheric monitoring station in Antarctica started operations this week, a move aimed at helping ...

SEATTLE – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) and crew departed Seattle, Friday, beginning their deployment to ...

National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions has completed its first roundtrip flights between Puerto Natales, Chile, and King ...

Fossils of 600-million-year-old "tiny humanoids" were discovered in Antarctica. A story perpetuated in some social media ...

Hundreds of concerned scientists came together in Australia recently to discuss how we can save Antarctica in what's being ...

A small group of passengers onboard a luxury cruise to Antarctica have staged a hunger strike after mechanical difficulties ...

Weatherproof jackets, waterproof gloves, merino wool everything—our intrepid writer’s polar wardrobe has her prepared for any ...