Only a few expedition cruise companies offer trips with an opportunity to ski in Antarctica. Here's what it's like to see a ...

The sheer scale of Earth's plastic problem has been laid bare in a new study, led by researchers from the British Antarctic ...

The sheer scale of Earth's plastic problem has been laid bare in a new study, led by researchers from the British Antarctic ...

Paleontologists have been arguing whether modern birds developed before or after the infamous asteroid for decades. Now, a ...

Operation HighJump commenced in August 1946. It was the largest, most heavily armed naval task force ever sent to Antarctica. Leading the mission was Admiral Richard E Byrd, one of the most famous ...

When Eric Sun and Jennifer Liu, avid travelers who met in college, decided to marry, there was one continent left on their ...

Ancient bird Vegavis iaai, unearthed near Antarctica, holds the record as oldest lineage ancestor of all current birds. Fossil predates asteroid strike by three million years. Scientific community ...

Blood Falls in Antarctica flows unpredictably with iron-rich, salty water. Microbes inside survive without sunlight.

Sue Halliwell marks the 150th anniversary of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s birth by tracing his ill-fated British ...

What does the megaberg heading for South Georgia Island near the Antarcitc mean for the penguins, birds, and seals that make it their home.

That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and ...

In the icy wilderness of Antarctica, where glaciers now dominate the landscape, scientists have unearthed a fossil that ...