Roughly two and a half miles below the surface of East Antarctica lies one of the most isolated bodies of liquid water on the ...

The Antarctic midge, known scientifically as Belgica antarctica, is a remarkable organism that thrives in extreme conditions.

The continent is releasing higher levels of mercury into the ocean and marine ecosystem because of climate change, and the ...

Antarctica is releasing alarming amounts of mercury into the surrounding ocean as climate change accelerates the melting of ...

Between 2021 and 2023, Antarctica appeared to be growing. Heavy snowfall fueled by wetter weather caused parts of the ...

About 68 million years ago, near the end of the Late Cretaceous, an enormous marine reptile laid an egg close to the shore of the landmass now called Antarctica. After the egg hat ...

However, it turns out that 11 people across history have given birth in the cold region of Antarctica, and they had a weirdly ...

Scientists may have solved the mystery of why Antarctica froze millions of years before the Arctic. Slow-moving waves deep inside Earth gradually lifted East Antarctica, building mountains and a high ...

Antarctica is a destination of staggering extremes – home to the largest ice sheet on the planet, soaring 14,700-foot mountains, active "Ring of Fire" volcanoes and the coldest surface temperature ...

A fossilized egg that hatched in what is now Antarctica during the Late Cretaceous apparently had a soft shell. This means it ...

Ponant Explorations, along with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), has announced the group of experts joining the ...

U.S. has supported research missions to the south polar region since the 1950s.