The plight of the emperor penguin might be more dire than previously thought. For the first time, scientists have used ...

An eight-week voyage to the bottom of the Earth helped the photojournalist Chang W. Lee better understand his late father.

Antarctica is the most mysterious and hostile place on Earth. Miles of ice hide secrets that scientists are only beginning to uncover. From bizarre doorways carved into frozen landscapes to chilling ...

The huge predator was caught swimming in waters 490 metres deep, at a temperature of 1.27C. According to the biologist, who ...

More than half a mile beneath the surface of Antarctica's Kamb Ice Stream, scientists have uncovered a slow-moving river of ...

Navigating monolithic icebergs, massive ocean waves and sub-zero snowstorms, CSIRO research vessel (RV) Investigator is a ...

Millennial and Gen Z parents are increasingly willing to plan vacations around their kids. My husband and I took that to the ...

Gravity may seem constant, but it actually varies across the planet—and one of the strangest places is Antarctica, where ...

Scientists have discovered a rare red-coloured bacterium in an Antarctic lake that can survive extreme cold and intense UV ...

Antarctica’s frozen frontier is retreating, and the scale is far greater than many realize. Over the last several years, ...

A peer-reviewed study published in the International Journal of Circumpolar Health has been cited for documenting what its ...