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

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

Pine Island Glacier, one of the fastest-shrinking glaciers in Antarctica, hastened its slide into the sea between 2017 and 2020, when one-fifth of its associated ice shelf broke off as massive ...

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

For more than 60 million years, penguins of all kinds—including the opportunistic Magellanic penguin—have been driven by an ...

FOUR SCIENTISTS, aflutter with discovery, announced that they were the first to film two rare squid species alive, in their natural environments.  They ...

Two research expeditions have captured the first footage of two squid species — a colossal squid and a glacial glass squid — swimming in the deep sea.

Four scientists, aflutter with discovery, announced Tuesday that they were the first to film two rare squid species alive, in their natural environments. They were part of a remote ...

The distance from Dunedin, where the reserve is located, to mainland Antarctica is more than 1,500 miles, and the distance to ...

Scientists on an icebreaker ship have captured a number of weird and wacky animals from Antarctica's ocean floor, including a ...

By systematically assessing data gathered by different methods, researchers refined estimates of global glacier melt and its ...

Crowds of tourists bound for Antarctica have brought prosperity to Argentina’s southernmost city, but the boom is also ...