The elusive land of Antarctica has been calling explorers for centuries. Encrusted with beautiful blue ice and countless icy ...

Science Biology Beneath Antarctica, Scientists Discover River Full of Marine Life After melting a hole through the Ross Ice Shelf, scientists make a surprising find.

More than half of Antarctica's native species will likely disappear by the end of the century if global warming continues at its current pace, according to new research published Thursday.

Scientists have uncovered the oldest known fossilized animal sperm, found preserved in a 50-million-year-old cocoon from ...

Antarctica is known for its great expanses of white—and not just snow. "If it's fresh it might be white or pinkish, and eventually it all turns brown, muddy brown." Stef Bokhorst is an ecologist ...

Antarctica vs. Science For researchers using delicate, one-of-a-kind equipment, the extreme conditions at the bottom of the planet pose special challenges. Share full article 2 ...

Antarctica is warming at a rate so rapid that the frozen region’s green vegetation has grown tenfold in the past four decades, according to a concerning new report in the journal “Nature ...

While science was driving a new age of exploration, by the late 1950s, there were growing concerns that the ice-covered continent would one day be exploited or colonized by the world's powers.

Antarctica and the surrounding Southern Ocean remains one of the world's last frontiers. Covering nearly 14 million km² (an area approximately 1.4 times the size of the United States), Antarctica is ...

Although there is freedom to conduct science anywhere in Antarctica, what any country cannot do is lay claim to territory on the basis of its research efforts. The treaty expressly excludes new ...

The findings, published Wednesday in the scientific journal Global Change Biology, challenge a long-held scientific belief that floating objects from other continents don’t wash up in Antarctica.