The Antarctic sponge may be the oldest animal on Earth, living up to 15,000 years. In the icy waters of Antarctica, ...

"The more we know about Earth's icy environments, the better we will be able to understand the other environments," said ...

Scientists uncovered a thriving, never-before-seen ecosystem beneath Antarctica after a giant iceberg broke off.

The Guinness World Record for the oldest Earth rock is currently held by the Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt, which is listed as ...

Once thought a block of worthless ice, this continent is in fact incredibly valuable and plays a key role in stabilizing ...

One of the most unknown places on Earth is Antarctica. A place that has been analyzed in recent decades and still holds many ...

Archaeology is having a moment, thanks to technology like LiDAR, satellite mapping and artificial intelligence.

What comes to mind when you think of Antarctica? Probably snow and ice. But a group of international scientists are shaking ...

Underneath Antarctica’s endless sheets of ice lies a hidden world of deep valleys, towering peaks, and sprawling plains. For ...

The team found a surprisingly vibrant community of critters on the seafloor below where A-84 was once attached to an ice shelf attached to Antarctica. “We didn’t expect to find such a ...

(MENAFN) As part of the Beyond EPICA - Oldest Ice project, research specialists have successfully extracted deep ice cores from Antarctica in an effort to explore Earth's climate history ...

For years, the BAS has been studying the bedrock beneath Antarctica's thick ice using advanced radar, sound waves, and gravity mapping techniques.