Microbial communities feeding on geothermal methane seeps beneath the Antarctic ice sheet could resemble life-supporting ...

From diving off cliffs to starving for months, emperor penguins are continuing to surprise scientists with their ability to ...

Antarctica is the world’s southernmost and least-populated continent… Unless you count its colonies of penguins, which are ...

A symbolic tradition across the world, colorful Easter eggs are synonymous with the holiday. The Easter egg museum in ...

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

Satellite data reveal a link between the amount of black carbon in the atmosphere and rates of Antarctic sea ice loss in recent years.

Swan Hellenic has achieved record results for its 2024-25 Antarctica season, with a 25 percent increase in guest numbers and ...

Researchers collected strange sea animals, including poisonous sea pigs and hand-sized sea spiders, while sailing to the ...

The NSF is beginning an operational retreat from Antarctica. Both the aging U.S. facilities and the research itself are ...

Sharpe was joined by Maya Thomas of Virginia Institute of Marine Science and Abby Tomita of Oregon State University. The ...

In Antarctica's freezing depths, tiny creatures have mastered survival tactics that could unlock secrets to extreme cold resistance, with implications for science and medicine. Some of the most ...

Funding for the National Science Foundation, which finances research at US bases on the icy continent, has already been ...