Scientists drilled down into a lake that exists beneath almost 1,100 meters (approximately 3,600 feet) of ice on Antarctica, a lake two times the size of Manhattan, at 160 square ...

Cameras captured a deep-sea swimming sea cucumber, also known as the "headless chicken monster," for the first time ...

Scientists say they have solved a century-old mystery involving Antarctica's Blood Falls.

Chinese citizens flee the cloud of cancerous pollution smothering their homes for the fresh clean air of... Antarctica?

Scientists exploring the frigid waters of Antarctica uncovered a diverse and thriving sea creature community nestled beneath the ...

Researchers predict nearly a third of the global polar bear population could die out in as little as ...

Thousands of pristine and blue lakes have appeared in the eastern portion of Antarctica, scientists have confirmed. According ...

The ice in Antarctica is increasing while ice in the Arctic is decreasing, a study by NASA and ...

Millions of years ago, Antarctica had a tropical climate and was warm as California and Florida. Today, it ...

A video has surfaced showing two blue whales---a mother and calf---swimming in the Southern Ocean by Antarctica. The ...

A team of scientists, led by Durham University, believe that they have found the largest canyon in the ...

Antarctica was once a balmier place, lush with plants and lakes.

Data recovered from seismometers in Antarctica are giving scientists the first detailed look at the Earth beneath the ...

As surface temperatures rise, ice sheets are melting at record rates and sea levels are rising—but perhaps not ...

Extreme storms and rising sea levels will threaten the existence of coastal cities worldwide, unless preventative action is ...

Recent investigations have shown the continent and surrounding ocean are rich in species, which are also very highly ...

A Swedish man recently sailed across Antarctica, capturing his 16 day odyssey in hours of HD drone footage ...

Antarctica is a cold, largely barren place, but researchers report they have come upon a previously unknown place ...

Ask people what they know about Antarctica and they usually mention cold, snow and ice. In fact, there's ...

Weddell seals from Erebus Bay in Antarctica have been studied for decades. One of the scientists, William Link ...

Cornell University researchers found traces of bubonic plague uptown, organisms only previously seen in Antarctica on the south ...

The water below the Antarctic ice sheet is as cold and dark as ever, but it turns out ...

A matter of inches might help solve a riddle scientists have been working on for years: why rising ...

A 1.24-mile wide ring in eastern Antarctica was first spotted at the end of 2014 and may be ...

- Frank Hurley, photographer on Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Endeavor Those words certainly ring true for me.  As ...

Antarctic sea ice isn't only expanding, it's thicker than previously thought, and scientists aren't sure exactly why.

A study of almost 20 years' worth of satellite images shows Antarctic sea levels are on the rise ...