The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has released the most detailed map yet of what Antarctica looks like when you strip away ...

There are few frontiers in the world that can still be said to be unexplored. One of these terra incognita is the land ...

Sediment samples from the Ross Sea coastline are revealing insights into how animals like elephant seals and Adélie penguins ...

A highly pathogenic strain of bird flu is spreading south along the Antarctic Peninsula and could devastate populations of ...

Stanford researchers have integrated machine learning with high-resolution satellite and aerial observations to analyze the ...

“If you look on nautical charts, it calls this island Bombay Island after this boat,” Lockton said of the remains of an old ...

Peter Fretwell, mapping specialist and co-author at BAS, said it had become clear that the Antarctic Ice Sheet is thicker ...

A team from EL PAÍS joins the Spanish expedition which has detected the spread of deadly avian flu among Antarctic fauna ...

As the planet warms, Antarctica's ice sheet is melting and contributing to sea-level rise around the globe. Antarctica holds ...

Antarctica — which is one and a half times the size of Canada — has been governed by a treaty of nations. But with rising ...

As the planet heats up and Antarctica’s ice sheet melts at a faster pace, scientists warn of a steady rise in sea levels.

Sandwiched between the freezing cold of Earth’s coldest continent and the warmth of its southernmost active volcano, the ...