A calving iceberg exposed a region that never before had been seen by human eyes, revealing a vibrant, thriving ecosystem ...

As the Washington Post reports, researchers aboard the vessel Falkor (too) found an unexpected marine ecosystem beneath a ...

Scientists found "a beautiful, thriving ecosystem" in a dark and isolated location: The former shadow of a glacier.

The scientists didn’t think much life could thrive tucked under such a thick blanket of ice ... new to science. Off Antarctica, the biggest mystery isn’t centered on any particular creature ...

Researchers and crewmembers aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute's Falkor (too), "seized upon the moment" and were richly ...

In the frigid waters originally hidden below, scientists discovered what appear to be new species of crustaceans, fish and other life forms.

A team of international scientists compiled decades of data to create a map showing the topography of Antarctica with the ice ...

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

Bulges might appear when lakes under the ice sheet fill, or disappear when they empty. More than 140 active subglacial lakes ...

The new map is color coded ... estimate the thickness of the ice sheet above it. Against their expectations, they found that the place with the thickest ice in Antarctica is an unnamed canyon ...

The scientists didn’t think much life could thrive tucked under such a thick blanket of ice ... new to science. Off Antarctica, the biggest mystery isn’t centered on any particular creature ...

What they found surprised and amazed them. “We didn’t expect to find such a beautiful, thriving ecosystem. Based on the size of the animals ... to work under significant ice, he said, but ...